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Your Definition Of The Most Beautiful Aircraft

SRQKEF From Iceland, joined Jun 2011, 692 posts, RR: 1
Posted (1 year 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2433 times:

After this thread on liveries:

Best Livery Ever Painted On An Aircraft (by EGSUcrew Apr 26 2012 in Aviation Polls)

I thought maybe it was a good idea to do a thread on what you define as the most beautiful aircraft up there.

My list:

1. Boeing 777-300ER

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2. Boeing 777-200LR

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Photo © Wayne Campbell-CYYZ Aviation Photography

3. Embraer ERJ-190

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Photo © Martin Hartland

4. Boeing 757-200/winglets

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Photo © Erik Lofgren Bengtson

5. Boeing 747-400

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6. Boeing 747-8

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7. Boeing 787-8

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Photo © Kei Nagashima

8. Airbus A340-600

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9. Airbus A330-300

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10. Boeing 767-300/winglets

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Photo © Gianfranco Mazzero Bermejo

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Photo © Rodolfo García López - Aviation Photography of Mexico.

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1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5756 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (1 year 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2418 times:

My list:

1. Boeing 767-400ER

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2. Boeing 757-300

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3. Boeing 777-300ER

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4. Boeing 777-200LR

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5. Boeing 787-8

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6. Boeing 767-300ER-WL

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7. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

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8. Boeing 757-200WL

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9. Boeing 747-8i

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10. Boeing 737-900ER

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If the 789 were in service, I would include it above the 788.

[Edited 2012-05-17 14:37:00]

The Pink Delta 767-400ER - The most beautiful aircraft in the sky

larshjort From Denmark, joined Dec 2007, 1216 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2394 times:

1. Pilatus PC-12

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2. Gulfstream G-IV

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3. Dassault Falcon 2000

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4. Antonov An-72/-74

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5. CASA C-295

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6. BAe ATP

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Photo © Stefan Sjogren - Stockholm Arlanda Photography

7. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21

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8. Ilyushin Il-18

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9. BAe 146-100

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10. de Havilland Canada DHC-7

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306, 319, 320, 321, 332, 34A, AN2, AT4, AT5, AT7, 733, 735, 73G, 738, 739, 146, AR1, B22, CN1, CR2, DH1, DH3, DH4

Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (1 year 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2393 times:

Hi!

This is a good question. I love the look of most aircraft but my best has to be the Embraer E170/175/190.

http://www.airliners.net/search/phot..._id+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=

For general aviation aircraft I like the Robin a lot:

http://www.airliners.net/search/phot..._id+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=

Many thanks,

Pierre

aerorobnz From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6325 posts, RR: 14
Reply 4, posted (1 year 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 2294 times:

I'm in the middle of a 6 week long plane spotting photography tour including EBACE, and I've noticed that it changes with exposure to a type and whether one can capture it well on film easily or not, I've taken photos of almost 2000 registrations and many different types so far after 13 days and as I peruse what I have taken at the end of every day I often find myself a different type favourite almost on a day to day basis....

Of the aircraft I have photographed I rate the following as aesthetically good looking and photogenic

Caravelle
DC6
Falcon 20
DC9-51
Fokker 100
DC10/MD11
L1011-500
Concorde
772LR
G650
727-200
747-400F
767-400
146-300/RJ100
Lockheed Jetstar II
Bombardier Challenger
Falcon 900 & 7X

Those I don't rate
CRJ700
CRJ900
CRJ1000
EMB190
RJ85
G100 & G200 (IAI aircraft)
Hawker 125
Citation I/II/II
Citation Mustang
Citation Sovereign
A320-200
A340-300
A380-800
Raytheon Premier
Kingair
Dornier 328 Jet (prop looks ok)
Embraer Phenom (except latest -300)
Lear 45

Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (1 year 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2224 times:

Airbus 340
Airbus 330
Boeing 747 400

FlyboyOz From Australia, joined Nov 2000, 1893 posts, RR: 28
Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2143 times:

Caravelle - love the shape of the triangle windows
ERJ-190 - love the shape of the nose!! a perfect one
Boeing 777-300ER - a great ratio between the wings and the fuselage... perfect size!
Boeing 777-200 (all series) - shorter than Boeing 777-300 but about the right size
Boeing 737NG with long winglets- cute one as well
Airbus 340 - winglets with nose are well-balanced
Boeing 747-300/400/800 - it's still better than Airbus 380, beautiful, good ratio.

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Max Q From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3289 posts, RR: 19
Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2137 times:

May seem an odd choice but I think the B1 is incredibly good looking.

[Edited 2012-05-20 00:58:53]

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CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2183 posts, RR: 4
Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2131 times:

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1= Concorde

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1= Boeing 747-400

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1= Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

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2= Boeing 777-300 / 300ER

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2= Boeing 777-200 / 200ER / 200LR

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3. Boeing 787-8

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4= Airbus A340-500

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4= Airbus A330-300

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Boeing 777 fanboy

aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47
Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2127 times:

Quoting CXB77L (Reply 8):
1= Concorde

There's nothing like her.

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Apart from Concorde, I find the SR-71 particularly impressive.

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mickey90 From Sweden, joined Nov 2011, 65 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2082 times:

Here's my list.

1. Concorde

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2. a345

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3. 744

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4. a332

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5. L-1011 Tristar

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6. MD-80

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7. 77W

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8. DC-3

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9. a333

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10. a321

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A320ajm From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 500 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (1 year 21 hours ago) and read 2029 times:

Best looking and most elegant civillian aircraft must be Concorde for me.

I also think the Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane are very impressive.

And finally, I think regarding modern fast jets, you can't beat a Harrier and a Tornado!

A320ajm

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