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Taken by a friend of mine yesterday (Chris Branston); the delta lady lives again!

Well done Vulcan To The Sky!

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Andy

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What a fantastic sight - brings back a lot of memories - long may she fly

Welcome back Delta Lady

For those who have not heard the Vulcan howl here is a link http://youtube.com/watch?v=D_h7hVF7UIc

Here is the father http://youtube.com/watch?v=D_h7hVF7UIc

Here is the uncle http://youtube.com/watch?v=D_h7hVF7UIc

Seems like an old topic, but seeing how it is stickied, it seems safe for me to post here.

@PetervanStigt: I like the design you've got for your MANTA, but I don't see any boundary layer separators in that first picture. You might want to add some. Also, MANTA was a term already used to describe the Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft, which was a planned, tailess F-22 derivative.

One of the best lookers in the aircraft world is the SR-71 Blackbird, in my opinion. It's design is so utterly unlike other aircraft that it has that exotic feel to it. On top of that, it has nice smooth features such as the blending of the fuselage into the wings and the addition of chines. The F-105 is my favorite aircraft, but the SR-71 has the better-looking design. I'm also a fan of the Su-47's design as well as the Flanker series.

There was also a Lockheed concept for a hypersonic aircraft that I absolutely love. It never made it off the drawing board, but that doesn't mean I can't like it. It reminds me of a sleeker B-1 with fixed wings:

Here's mine:

1. Eurofighter Typhoon

2. RAH-66 Comanche (helos count too right?)

It's an eggbeater, but a military eggbeater at least! Laughing

Actually, I really love the Comanche a lot. Cool

I've loved the comanche ever since I first heard of it 15 years ago. A stealth helicopter that's more maneuverable than any other helo. Carries nearly as much as the Apache, is quite (tank operators couldn't hear them coming) and looks damn cool!!

Such a shame the US Army decided to shelve and spent the money saved on upgrading other hardware... oh wells.

Mike_NZ

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Such a shame the US Army decided to shelve and spent the money saved on upgrading other hardware... oh wells.

Sadly not the first time the U.S. Army did that, google the AH-56 Cheyenne sometime. http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/ah56_2.jpg

My other favorites are the <a href="http://www.willisms.com/archives/tomcat.jpg">Grumman F-14 Tomcat</a>, <a href="http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/sr71fi~1.jpg">the SR-71 Blackbird,</a> the <a href="http://www.aerocatures.com/Graphics/junkyardhawg.jpg">A-10 Warthog</a>
<a href="http://media.nasm.si.edu/webimages/640/2007-29651_640.jpg">the Grumman X-29</a> and the <a href="http://www.sci.fi/~fta/yf-23-headl.jpg">Northrop YF-23</a> ATF competitor to name a few. Sorry 'bout all the links. Embarassed

the most pretty and elagant airplane is most definatly the F-86 SABRE

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper ... esLeft.jpg

heres a picture

I don't know if this aircraft has been mentioned as the prettiest military aircraft(non-viper) but the JA-37 Viggen is in my prettiest list.(Sorry I don't have a pic to post)

Ryan is back!!! ... Well, only for this post, to be honest, I haven't got too much time to visit this great forum, but I will try to keep posting...

Here's the Viggen, BlueViper... it's really nice:

Hands down it is the beautiful F106 Delta Dart !!!!!!!!!!

Ed

http://www.military.cz/usa/air/post_war/xb70/xb70.jpg

The XB-70 was a most beautiful bird, it should have went into production!!! Cool

I agree and would love to have seen a what might have been version, in a drab gray color.

Definitely the Dassault Rafale.

Forum: Modern Military Aircraft

OK, then what's the PRETTIEST military aircraft (non-Viper)