Bodacious British Birds

phoaaar now there’s a choice I can get behind!

Fanning The Daily Show GIF by CTV Comedy Channel

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You must hate this then.

A super sexy bird if you ask me. Such a pity about the engines.

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Noo the Lightning is great! I agree with the deranged choices, I only disagree with the boring ones.

(I would not include Comet in a top 10, but the Nimrod would probably be there).

Buccaneer anyone?

(Spitfire is overrated)

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Now we can’t be friends either :stuck_out_tongue:

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Comet is a gorgeous machine, and spitfire might be vanilla, but that’s just because it is the very definition of beauty.

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Yes the Comet is nice.
The Spitfire wings are awesome. But the tail is too small, the canopy is ugly (too many shapes combined in too small a space with a weird mirror stuck on top), the way the fuselage cross-section changes between the prop spinner and the wing leading edge is weird.

Now look at this:

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I think that the Comet is the best looking jet airliner ever built [period]. Too many lumps and bumps on the Nimrod (like most maritime patrol aircraft).

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I agree with @Victork2 , he’s right, and y’all better start respect what he said or I’m going to identify as a f****ng problem. :sunglasses:

EDIT: all jokes aside it’s so cool to see love for all these odd and fantastic planes.

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I just realized how similar the Lightning looks to the MiG-21.

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Almost identical roles.

So, either form follows function… Or, someone stole someone else’s design :thinking:

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Burn Him Stephen King GIF by Arrow Video

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I stand by both of them. HOWEVER, i will submit and move the hurricane up a slot.

Swordfish has been knocked back, Good job @Freak i had forgotten about the fury

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@keets squint at the front of the lanc and tell me it doesnt look like popeye’s chin

Love the lanc, its incredible seeing and hearing it. But its not pretty at the front

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I can live with this list.

Season 1 Netflix GIF

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10 Beaufighter
9 Hunter
8 Victor
7 Vampire
6 Spitfire
5 Hurricane
4 Mosquito
3 Lightning
2 Vulcan
1 Lanc

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Points at BP Defiant’s Turret…. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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I was pretty sure I knew what this topic was going to be about, but I was hoping…

The Beaufighter, as a kid I always thought it would fly perfectly fine if those were pusher props, the pointy end is supposed to go forward after all.

Hmm Comet is definitely up there, I’d also add the VC10.
The empennage always made me think of the V bombers.

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Damn… forgot that one as well

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Where is the Gannet?

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Shackleton and SE.5a are notable exceptions from my top 10 :wink:

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