Homliest Aircraft!

Snap Roll · Post by **Snap Roll** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:08 am

I noticed there were alot of replies to favorite aircraft flown, now what is the ugliest aircraft!! Remember be Kind!!!

The ugliest in my opinion is the Wilga a.k.a. "the Iron Butterfly", it is either Czeck. or Polish.

I am presently looking for photos.

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:37 am

well, I haven't had the pleasure of flying any ugly planes yet, but as of yet, the ugliest would be probably the cherokee 140, or the cessna 152

Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:40 am

Skyvan's got my bid !

... · Post by **...** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:48 am

F100

Tubthumper · Post by **Tubthumper** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:42 am

Garrett powered Beaver!
I've got a photo of it, but don't know how to get it on here. Another one just as ugly the the TRIslander (engine number two is on top of the tail).

scm · Post by **scm** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:51 am

the skyvan is not an ugly plane

PT6-114A · Post by **PT6-114A** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:45 am

FUGRO's CASA 212 or there DASH 7

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:53 am

My Fav

The Bristol Freighter.

corn-shoot · Post by **corn-shoot** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:08 am

There is no such thing as an ugly airplane. Now, ugly pilots...not a looker in the bunch.

And the correct answer to the question really is...
ANY PLANE WITH YO MOMMA ON BOARD.

MRO · Post by **MRO** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:13 am

The skyvan!

No question the ugliest ever. Especially that one that is painted pink with a smily face on it...cant find the photo but it is pretty ugly

c185 · Post by **c185** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:23 am

Here it is:

http://www.pink.at/

c185 · Post by **c185** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:28 pm

check out these:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contribut ... k/3070.jpg

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=727388

shimmydampner · Post by **shimmydampner** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:36 pm

MU-2, and no offense to Cat, but any flying boat other than the 215 and 415.

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:15 pm

c185, you win.

bush pilot · Post by **bush pilot** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:25 pm

Furgo's Dash-7 looks cool! and the catana looks like a flying piece of sperm

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:49 pm

Wilga:
looks like a comity of people designed that thing each with their own componet and weren't allowed to look at what the others were making, i pity the enginier that had to figure out how to bolt that thing together in the end.

Fairchild Huskey, just plain beastly

Northern Flyer · Post by **Northern Flyer** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:37 pm

The right engine is feathered on that skyvan

bush pilot · Post by **bush pilot** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:52 pm

thats why they are getting ready to jump!

Inverted2 · Post by **Inverted2** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:12 pm

The Beech 1900D is pretty ugly too with all the stuff they put on the tail to make it fly right!

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:13 pm

scm wrote:the skyvan is not an ugly plane

Yes it is.

DA900 · Post by **DA900** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:19 pm

Birddog how original! (yawn) oh and funny (yawn)

peeelot · Post by **peeelot** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:04 pm

Any russian made aircraft

yak driver · Post by **yak driver** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:09 pm

I've got lots of ugly time, I fly both Fugro's Casa 212, and the Dash-7, also used to fly the Skyvan.

The reason the right engine is feathered on that skyvan shot is cause the meathead skydivers had to climb out the hatch over the co-pilots seat. Not that I'd ever consider doing it, but I'd want both feathered before I'd climb on top of it in the air. I've been on top of the airplane on the ground with both running, and those props seem REALLY close.

The ugliest airplane ever has to the the Trislander, particularily the abortion Questor surveys modified. I know it's dear to a few people but...

http://www.airpixbycaz.freeuk.com/weird-09.jpg

When it fell out of the ugly tree, it hit every single branch.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:18 pm

Pilatus Turbo-Porter.
I was waiting at Toronto Island once, and some guy was there with a demonstrator. He was telling me how it would out-perform the Turbo Beaver, yadda, yadda. I observed that the thing looked like the crate the Turbo Beaver came in. He quit talking to me after that.

righthandman · Post by **righthandman** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:21 pm

Inverted2 wrote:The Beech 1900D is pretty ugly too with all the stuff they put on the tail to make it fly right!

It's only ugly until you fly it. When I first saw it years before I actually flew it (around 2000 hrs worth) I not only thought it was ugly but also that there had to be something wrong with it aerodynamically because of all things sticking out of it.

As it turns out it was a great performer and it kept bringing me back alive, like I said around 2000 hours worth.