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Crikey, that is one ugly aeroplane!

Posted by Stuart on Thu Aug 15, 2002 07:41:36 PM

In reply top I'm so proud... ;-) posted by bdk on Thu Aug 15, 2002 05:50:12 PM

Thankfully aesthetic qualities are not a factor in aircraft procurement decisions for the M-O-D. Seriously though, i think the C17 is great. Where i live in Oxford, i see the RAF's C17's most days on their final approaches to RAF Brize Norton along with the VC10's, Tristars, occasional Hercules and others.

It's amazing that some of the world's greatest ever aircraft have managed to be visually stunning as well (eg Hawker Bi-planes, Spitfire, Hunter, Concorde etc, (obviously the C17 is excluded from this!). I often wonder if they were designed with beauty in mind or if this was merely coincidental to the main aim of military efficiency.

Stuart

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