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Old 02-10-2010, 11:38 AM
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Lots of beautiful airplane photos here. How about some ugly ones ? My initial choice was the USAF C-133 Cargomaster which we called the Douglas Horizontal Flying Wheat Silo. After much thought, I choose the C-2. Any other nominations with photos ?

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Shorts cargo plane. Sorry, no pics but VERY ugly
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:53 PM
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It must be the Stipa Caproni made in Italy:



Fantastic contraption, and it even did fly. Pretty well too...

But ugly as can be.

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The CarVair (not convair) is by far the ugliest airplane I have ever seen!
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Dornier 228
Dornier Do 228 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TAV-8B
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(will have to down the page for the picture)

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When Falcon went out of business they left a couple CarVairs at DAL. We'd point them out as 747 trainers to students.
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Old 02-10-2010, 04:30 PM
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I nominate the Messerschmitt Me 163. By far the ugliest color scheme/design I think I've ever seen:

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Nimrods may not be the ugliest, but they need to be on the list.
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Not so much ugly as it is just awkward:


My opinion! The ugliest are the ones they put on sticks and display them and birds make them their homes, build they nests in them and they are used as museum pieces....ie USAPT De Haviland YC-7A Caribou...

Like this Caribou being displayed at the US Army Transportation Museum!
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