Tocky on 19/11/2019 at 04:35
I mostly tried not to think about these but the anti nuke folks were pretty pissed about them. Had one sneak through the fence and dump a bucket of pink paint in a cockpit. Hard not to assign evil intent though they were just deterrent and parity.
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https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4676/39769238121_7cdd5c39f3.jpgIt's an F111 Aardvark. Notice the Upper Heyford UH on the tail?
Mr.Duck on 19/11/2019 at 10:08
I am si--
Wait...wrong thread.
demagogue on 19/11/2019 at 12:39
Quote Posted by raph
[Edit] and for dema :) The P-38 truly is one of the sleekest planes ever. Kelly Johnson was a godamn aeronautical Da Vinci.
Yeah, just looking at her gives me feelings. Beauty in flight. :angel:
rachel on 19/11/2019 at 14:38
I've been raking my brain for "evil"-looking design but I keep falling back to menacing and threatening. I don't think I can call a plane evil looking just like that...
The Sunderland was a gorgeously badass Jabba the Hutt of a flying boat, armed to the gills. It packed so much heat, it was nicknamed the "Flying Porcupine":
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https://www.militaryimages.net/media/the-flying-porcupine.103160/full?d=1521516754It might be stretching the definition of plane, but the Ekranoplan was also a pretty intimidating mofo:
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https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/195msu6s5gizsjpg.jpgAnd imagine you're at night in your base, standing watch in an island in the Pacific in the 40s. Japanese side. It's a moonless night, the worst.
Because that's when they come.
Suddenly you hear it. The roar of 1200 HP from two American-made Pratt and Whitney breaks the silence of the night, and all hell breaks loose. Could be bombs or torpedoes, doesn't matter because you can't see shit and you just fire your weapons at the air hoping to dear heavens you hit something.
You've been hit by a Black Cat.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/PBY-5A_VP-52_Black_Cat_Dec_1943.jpg/640px-PBY-5A_VP-52_Black_Cat_Dec_1943.jpgA PBY Catalina packed to the brim with weaponry, painted a deep black with minimal markings to blend in, custom prepared for night missions.
The most evil, the one you can't see until it hits you in the freakin face. I think that'll be my final answer ;)
Pyrian on 19/11/2019 at 16:37
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...the Ekranoplan...
I have no words. It's amazing. That... Thing was actually deployed. 1987 to sometime in the late 90's.
ZylonBane on 19/11/2019 at 21:11
Some of you people are weird in the head. All these "evil" planes just look cool.
rachel on 19/11/2019 at 21:22
Darth Vader is cool and he's like space Hitler.
But yeah, evil isn't a word I'd use either here.