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Driving Rain wrote:ME-262 ....http://www.vectorsite.net/avme262.html
Reminds me of a German girlfriend. Looks nice but oh so nasty.
I thought you were going to tell me there was a lot of hair underneath the wings.
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Or how about...
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The classic beauty...Hornets suck!

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Dictionary: sexy (sĕk'sē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
- Arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.
I'm not sure how some of you could find any airliner "sexy" unless you get turned on by long, phallic shaped objects. :lol:

Now, THIS is one "airliner" that I would call "sexy" :twisted:
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My idea of "sexy" is: Smooth, Sleek, Slender, Compact, Nimble, Loud, Expensive, and High Maintenance.
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Can't forget this beauty....
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I will second the SR-71. Hard to believe she is an over 45 years old design!
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I personally like the F-15 Eagle, old technology and still kickin ass' Cheers everybody!
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Sabre...hands down. Especially if it happened to be built in Canada like this one.


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I dunno a super Connie is dead sexie...

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...I'm officially on the fence...I think...

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I agree the Super Connie looks great and the 757 also has nice lines, but I've always had a soft spot for polished Cessna 195's...

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just to be a little patriotic
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Yup this one. Whichever one it is.
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Looks like Southwest....
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Here are a couple of sexy machines:

Falco F8
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Polen Special
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Hansa Jet
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McDonnell MD220
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Lancair Sentry...

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Jesus, this is turning into the ugliest a/c ever built.
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Showing my age, but the Sabre has always been #1 and the one I doodled in my schoolbooks, followed closely by the Lightening. In some ways the Lightening seems a bit bulky and ungainly compared to many of the modern designs, but it does it for me anyway.
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My vote goes to the grumman tiger cat
I thought you were talking about the Grumman Tiger.

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Not a bad looking plane but not the most sexy out there. But the Tiger Cat definitely is a sexy plane!

The XB-70 has always been my favorite. Mach 3, highest lift to drag ratio of any manned aircraft, and looks good doing it.

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In keeping with the canard theme, the Long Ez is pretty sexy too.

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Or the Berkut.

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Sukhoi 27 "flanker":

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Where's the Pitts Hedley :?: :?: :?:
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Heh. I think it's beautiful, but it's always in the eye of the beholder:

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P.S. One of the above pilots was a student pilot. Can you guess which one?

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Note that the above has been "banned for life" by The Regulator
from ever occurring, ever again, in Canada. Any other country
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Hedley wrote:Heh. I think it's beautiful, but it's always in the eye of the beholder:
True... although I do think the Pitts is a beauty as well. :wink:

Really, if it's got wings, I like it. :smt040
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