Most Ugly Aircraft

[Fang_Farrier]

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LancTest Beds

Lancaster Archive

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[Gluteus Maximus]

How can the country that developed this:-

Also come up with this:-

????

 

[Maninthestreet]

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LancTest Beds

Lancaster Archive

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I love the mutant Lancasters, some of them are even pretty.

 

[Mike Barton]

I love the mutant Lancasters, some of them are even pretty.

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Am I right in saying the Shackleton was a mutant Lanc (of sorts) albeit a very attractive one?

 

[beefer]

Am I right in saying the Shackleton was a mutant Lanc (of sorts) albeit a very attractive one?

I think the tail draggers were.

 

[Maninthestreet]

Am I right in saying the Shackleton was a mutant Lanc (of sorts) albeit a very attractive one?

Lancaster begat Lincoln which begat Shackleton. You need to change out the engines and wings and fuselage to get from one to the other.

I'll leave the decision to you.

 

[soutie]

How can the country that developed this:-

Also come up with this:-

????

I quite like the big one. Its got a bit of B17 about it.

 

[Chef]

Blimey.

The Fairey one looks like a direct, errh shall we say homage, to the Froggy one.

Interesting (if somewhat short lived) history. This assumes you think killing the pilots is interesting.

The Vicker's one should have been strangled in the womb.

It had a certain gawky charm and was where Barnes -Wallis perfected his geodesic aircraft construction. Because the fuselage couldn't have bomb bay doors fitted the bombs were carried in underwing panniers.

 

[MOzanne]

Lancaster begat Lincoln which begat Shackleton. You need to change out the engines and wings and fuselage to get from one to the other.

I'll leave the decision to you.

We did some odd things to the Vulcan as well

And we bent a Ten beyond use doing this...

 

[MOzanne]

It had a certain gawky charm and was where Barnes -Wallis perfected his geodesic aircraft construction. Because the fuselage couldn't have bomb bay doors fitted the bombs were carried in underwing panniers.

 

[Chef]

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Aside from many, many pictures of cats, the internet turns up all sorts of information. For all you wanted to know about the Vickers Wellesley (But were afraid to ask).:

Vickers Wellesley

dingeraviation.net

 

[HCL]

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Didn't they serve in Ethiopia?

 

[robinrocket111]

Didn't they serve in Ethiopia?

One even flew over the Himalayas in the 30s.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

Aside from many, many pictures of cats, the internet turns up all sorts of information. For all you wanted to know about the Vickers Wellesley (But were afraid to ask).:

Vickers Wellesley

dingeraviation.net

Always wondered why we never used them to close the Atlantic gap, they had a well proven long range capacity.

 

[Chef]

Always wondered why we never used them to close the Atlantic gap, they had a well proven long range capacity.

Among the thousands of buttons needed is a 'There's a thought' one. Fifteen hours plus in one would be arduous in comparison to a Sunderland.

 

[maguire]

Among the thousands of buttons needed is a 'There's a thought' one. Fifteen hours plus in one would be arduous in comparison to a Sunderland.

I would suspect fifteen hours in a Sunderland wouldn't be a bed of roses, but at least you could stretch your legs a bit and have a brew.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

I would suspect fifteen hours in a Sunderland wouldn't be a bed of roses, but at least you could stretch your legs a bit and have a brew.

The Wellesley had a rudimentary auto pilot and the long range versions could stay airborne for over 36 hours.

 

[Chef]

I would suspect fifteen hours in a Sunderland wouldn't be a bed of roses, but at least you could stretch your legs a bit and have a brew.

Having walked through the one at Hendon, having a galley that would be ok in a modern studio flat was nice but having a work bench with vice and tool rack was as cool as a cool thing. Plus as you say you could go for a walk.

 

[Zaphod]

I quite like the big one. Its got a bit of B17 about it.

Piaggio P108
Piaggio P.108 - Wikipedia
Some even carried a 4" gun

 

[devexwarrior]

I would suspect fifteen hours in a Sunderland wouldn't be a bed of roses, but at least you could stretch your legs a bit and have a brew.

and a slash in reasonable comfort