The aircraft ID thread has presented a chance to post pictures of odd aircraft, here is an opportunity for all to post photos/artwork of beautiful aircraft. Beautiful is however you define it; sexy, graceful, masculine or beauty that only a mother/designer would appreciate. It can be the beauty of the aircraft itself, or the setting the aircraft is pictured in. Anything so long as it represents aviation related beauty to you.

I'll start with what I think are some of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed.



XB-70


F-4


P-38


F-86

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Su-27
http://www.rusarmy.com/wallpapers/avia2/su-27/su-27_1024%20001.jpg

Love the F-4. In particular the Wild Weasel

http://www.deagel.com/library1/medium/m02006112200245.jpg

Now this is a great thread, Dogsbd. This may be the thread of the year. I'll have to dig through my pictures.

Cheers!

Rick...

This is a beautiful airplane to me.

Not to rain on your guys' parade, but aren't the rules here pretty stringent about posting copyrighted photographs?

Yes, and I changed one of mine to a link (I thought it was from a government site at first, which is generally OK, but realized it wasn't). The other shot I posted is mine, so that's OK.

A lot of good 'uns posted so far

For me, there is only one, at the very top, and then there are the rest one small notch below.. The Supermarine Spitfire, the finest man-made machine ever. Every time I see one I get chills down my spine.





The Constellation isn't half bad either



And, seeing as how I fly this one myself, I have to include the wonderful Tiger Moth, in which I am having so much fun!

Man alive, is that A-10 an ugly plane. No offense.

OG, I love the 177! I hope to get the chance to fly yours some time

F4U


F-14



Draken



Draken

CF-105
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/resrc/images/hst/l-g/arrowa39.jpg

and the Mirage 3
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...ir_Force_1.JPEG

These are for you Dad since you flew in both!
I know these where your favorite.

Grumman Boiler Works finest!


The whole cat family with a Hornet in tow.



B-50 Super Superfortress


My personal favorite!

A pair of contemporaries, variations on a theme.



Cheers!

Rick...

Always considered the Spitfire the most beautiful combat aircraft ever/in the world. Those curves, lines, and the sound are just magical!

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... after all; the thread title is "Beautiful Aircraft ..."

The Hawker Seahawk:

http://www.airfighters.com/photo/63886/L/UK-Navy/Hawker-Sea-Hawk-FGA-6/WV908/

Some of these are just 'ugly beautiful' if you know what I mean

I'm sure Sauron will appreciate this,knowing his love of classic British iron...

Handly Page Victor,beautiful graceful lines.

Gullwing Stinson

Something old, something new, and something in between; there's nothing like a bit of wing.
All resplendent in typical English weather.

Gopher: AWESOME Lightning and Vulcan shots!

So I am not the only one who thinks the Vulcan is beautiful.

Haven't seen this one mentioned yet, it's always been one of my favorites.

Cessna 195



DHC-2 Beaver

Cessna 195, Awesome!




B-58



B-58



B-58 and F-105

The 757, one of the most beautiful jetliners around, if you ask me. Especially with the winglets...sexy!

Hawker Hunter



The Last Gunfighter

The English Electric Lightning-

Purdy plane!

Picture by RSColonel_131st

First time I saw & heard a Stearman at an airshow I was in love.

Piper - good choice, the Stearman is wonderful! Incidentally, I know a guy who owns one, I WILL fly it at some point

Another biplane..the Waco YMF. I not only want one, I covet one with my entire heart. What a beautifully designed and finished airplane!

I'm with you on that semmern. A true beauty.

I prefer the traditional look-

Boeing 707, wonderful lines.

There is nothing more beautiful than a Dove:



Russell Smith Painting

Lovethe d9, especially in the jv44 scheme.



Semmern that Waco is beautiful man.

Yep, it is stunningly beautiful. Not just in the way it looks, but the way it embodies a whole style of aerial transportation. Wind in your hair, gentle aerobatics, a huge grin on your face! Just like when I fly the Tiger Moth, only with a 300hp radial engine and with vastly better looks!

What..the engine

RV-8's

Lovely paint schemes

Big old bear.

The most beautiful civil airliner in history:

My wallpaper for the last 10 years, I never get tired of it;

Most of my favourites have already been posted, but I'll submit another one for the ugly beautiful category.

The Fokker D.XXI



Semmern, that Waco is absolutely beautiful!

Jaz

One of the most beautiful in my eyes:

And its cousin!

Sea Hornet!
Damn,wrong thread

I am baffled that this thread could go so far without the...

The Fokker G.1

F-22 is pretty in a weird way.

Not too pretty, but my uncle earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during one mission flying it.
Unfortunately, he earned the Purple Heart on the same mission. RIP.

A few more.

MiG-21


C-47


Me 262


B-2


Jaz

Has to be the F1 in silver.

Much, much more beautiful than the DC-10/MD-11 in my opinion:

Yea, what is it about tri-jets? The 727 has always just looked "right" to me.

I always thought the B-57/Canberra had perfect proportions for an aircraft:

No love for the Italians?

Many are called -- few are chosen
The F-104 Starfighter

My all time time favorite Biz turboprop.

Salute to your Uncle's service and sacrifice.

I always felt the Tomcat looked tough and big, like, if it ran out of missiles and bullets it could ram you out of the sky and still recover at the carrier. More like the Linebacker of the Sky.

Yep. And with the Tomcat in full spread like that, looking through the canopy at the pilots for scale makes it seem like there are acres of aircraft up there in all that meanness.