Why is The Spitfire so beautiful?

Hi Gents,

I hope I am not abusing this site, so far your advice has been invaluable.

Gavin

I was stydying bird’s feathers the other day. I discovered that a feather when on right side in the wind has a tramendous lift force and yet it is stable by itself. When inverted it is still stable, but negative lift force pulls it down.

Spitfire wing is close to a bird ( wing tip ) feather shape..that is why it has also a need for smaller tailfeathers. IMHO !

I won’t be showing the girlfriend this post!

LOL, Great responses gentleman, needless to say my lovely girlfriend won’t be going anywhere near this post! – She will think that it is compulsary for all aviation enthusiasts to be a slight shade of crazy!

Great responses though, I wish I had found you guys years ago!

GAV

Most people would accept the phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ however psychologists have shown that there are things that we all tend to find beautiful.

Beauty it appears is dependent upon properties such as symmetry, complimentory colours, proportion etc. If you want to know more about the psychology of art and beauty than can I suggest two books. The first isVitruvius’s treatise on architecture that explains how proportions underpin our concept of architectural beauty. The second is Gombrich’s Art and Illusion that takes a wider brush approach to the psychology of art and with it beauty.

This would tend to support the conjecture that the afore mentioned phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ refers more to diffirentiating say, between two beautiful women, or the Taj Mahal and the Chrysler Building, than to one person finding Marilyn Munroes stunning whilst someone else prefers a pile of dog pooh.

Steve

Gavin

I can see what happens if you repeat this post to your girlfriend, she will stare blankly at you for about thirty seconds, realise she has been compared to dog pooh…………..slap you into next week and ban sex for a month!

Most aeroplanes (like many things in life) are a compromise, the ones that are not tend to be more efficient at their specified task, and, more aesthetically pleasing; form follows function, and then some.

Most people would accept the phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ however psychologists have shown that there are things that we all tend to find beautiful.

Beauty it appears is dependent upon properties such as symmetry, complimentory colours, proportion etc. If you want to know more about the psychology of art and beauty than can I suggest two books. The first isVitruvius’s treatise on architecture that explains how proportions underpin our concept of architectural beauty. The second is Gombrich’s Art and Illusion that takes a wider brush approach to the psychology of art and with it beauty.

This would tend to support the conjecture that the afore mentioned phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ refers more to diffirentiating say, between two beautiful women, or the Taj Mahal and the Chrysler Building, than to one person finding Marilyn Munroes stunning whilst someone else prefers a pile of dog pooh.

Steve

Man, that’s…. far too deep for me! I need to be drunk before I can have philosophical conversationings… :p

Why is The Spitfire so beautiful?

“Curves”…also what makes it a b@st@rd to build…

Most people would accept the phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ however psychologists have shown that there are things that we all tend to find beautiful.

Beauty it appears is dependent upon properties such as symmetry, complimentory colours, proportion etc. If you want to know more about the psychology of art and beauty than can I suggest two books. The first isVitruvius’s treatise on architecture that explains how proportions underpin our concept of architectural beauty. The second is Gombrich’s Art and Illusion that takes a wider brush approach to the psychology of art and with it beauty.

This would tend to support the conjecture that the afore mentioned phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ refers more to diffirentiating say, between two beautiful women, or the Taj Mahal and the Chrysler Building, than to one person finding Marilyn Munroes stunning whilst someone else prefers a pile of dog pooh.

Steve

The Comper Conservatory ….

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“just the sort of bloody silly name they would choose”

The Comper Conservatory experimental fighter didn’t serve in the Battle of Britain – that should be enough.

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Personally, Id ditch the girl, and look for another who appreciates your lawn ornament.
Alternatively you could tell her shes lucky she isnt with me. I like SR-71s. And I have an Enfield Constellation in the front room.In bits

Gavin – Both the items you discuss are based on forms of plastic – most rational thinking people would choose to use a smaller form of plastic and carry out an electronic transfer of funds for an ‘Auster’ type aircraft instead!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so they say:confused:

Personally I don’t find the Spitfire or infact any single engined aeroplane beautiful although I would say better looking than most……..but that’s just my opinion.

Garry