<![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> The Caproni Ca-60 Transaero would have to be the ugliest plane ever, since it was just a boat with three sets of wings.

Eac_o_System

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> It's ugly, but not near the ugliest. There's a nice list of uglies that blow that thing out of the sky.

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theguyspodcast

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> You know, i actually saw a flying wing bomber in flight when i was a kid. They were at Westover, near my home in Connecticut.. That was a thrill.

wishnevsky

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> The USSR had some howlingly ugly aircraft between the wars, like the Tupolev ANT-20.

And then there was Germany's Blohm-Voss BV-141, which was to all accounts a great plane, but so bizarre looking that nobody wanted to fly it.

adamrice

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> Igor Sikorsky made some huge bombers for the Czarist Army in WWI era that could have picked that thing up and carried it.. They were tramlike too, with balconies and sash windows, i think... They worked, but they were pretty damn steam-punk.

Looked like the cover are for "After Bathing at Baxter's" That, post punkers, is an old, old hippie reference.

wishnevsky

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"most unsuitable for any operation."

That sounds really familiar....oh right, my last performance evaluation. Well, at least I'm not that ugly.

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> Ah Mr. Burns and his places that don't exist anymore...

"I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?"

'This book must be out of date - I don't see 'Prussia,' 'Siam' or 'autogyro.''

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> Smithers, I've designed a new plane. I call it the Spruce Moose, and it will carry 200 passengers from the New York's idle-wild airport to the Belgium Congo in 17 minutes!

That's quite a nice model, sir.

Model?

Now, to the plant! We'll take the Spruce Moose! Hop in!

But sir…
(Pulls a gun on him) I said "Hop in!"

OMG! Ponies!

]]> <![CDATA[The Ugliest Plane in the World]]> Poor thing.
I'll have to look it up now. :)

strider_mt2k

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