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Re: Ugliest civil conversion
Posted by Ryan Harris on Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:50:13 AM
In reply top Re: Ugliest civil conversion posted by Scott WRG Editor on Sat Mar 06, 2004 05:56:57 AM
There was a picture of a mock up that was never built in an issue of Air Classics once and about the only thing recognizable was the tail and landing gear. That was where the best looking parts ended. They wanted to put turbo props on it and build an entirely new and deep fuselage. It was just dumpy looking and was absolutely terrible. The long nose On-Marks don't do it for me either. How could they not give it a better looking nose? I've heard that the nickname for the CAF's long nosed "Miss Daisy" is "Ole Pickle Nose". Talk about a totally fitting name.
As for the illegit offspring bit. I was thinking more a Lear and one of the aweful Howard Harpoon and Ventura conversions. That gave you the terrible A-26 mods. Somehow, someway...lol