Sexiest Warbirds

can i add

Fw-190-D
ME-109 G-6 “Black 6”

possibly two of the most beautiful aircraft ever

One I wish was flying, instead of stuck on a pole:

F11F-1 Tiger (Grumman Iron Works, of course)

Mrs G´s selection
1. B17
2. Lancaster
3. Harvard
4. Spitfire
5. Mustang

Not a bad list, eh?

She still needs some re-educating as regards choice No.4…. 😉

Mrs G´s selection
1. B17
2. Lancaster
3. Harvard
4. Spitfire
5. Mustang

Not a bad list, eh?

pity we dont have an Ex raf one flying 🙁 damn the SALT treaty!

I think the F-4 definately counts as a warbird these days-The Collings Foundation have got one doing airshows haven’t they??

Having thought about it more, though im not sure weather it counts as a warbird, but i really think that the Phantom FG.2 is rather attractive, also the buccaneer S.2, though all of this coming from a geek that thinks certain aircraft are more attractive than certain women, though it can go either way :rolleyes: 😉

Whats not to like… 😉

Nothing wrong with that at all!

Sexiest warbird?

What, nobody mentioned the Hunter yet, I see? Barely a straight line there, all curves!

I think certainly the Mark IX Spitfire (all the original curves with the power and armament to go with it). I have always liked the HP Victor to, esp. Mark I and the B. variants before all the Refeulling/Tanking apparatus was added (sorry Andre Tempest, Lust Lindy is still one of my favourites!)

Lysander? Sexy? Goofy Brits.

Whats not to like… 😉

Mrs. Lindy’s:

Harvard
Vulcan
Lancaster
Hurricane
Lysander ……. (only since I painted one)

Lysander? Sexy? Goofy Brits.

Just show the lady in your life a pic of an F-82G (carrying what the crews called the radar “dong”), and she’ll know exactly what’s on your mind. 😉

http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/n_o_d/images/airplanes/twinmustang3d.jpg

i took my ex to a Mildenhall show one year after mentioning the SR-71 (Ok, more than once!)- and when it took off she was in tears! ( i like to think it was because she thought it was as awesome as i do!)

I think you guys’ spouses may be a bit too experienced/educated to be responsive to the original post, judging by some of the responses.

My mother and my 4-year-old both favor the Lockheed P-38 most of all, for its instant recognizability, sleekness, and interesting geometry.

That about exhaust’s mom’s ability to differentiate WWII aircraft despite decades of exposure. My 4-year-old is a little more discerning and also likes Corsairs, for the same reasons as the P-38 (well, except it isn’t as sleek).

I find that most who are unfamiliar with warbirds are utterly unable to identify, let alone appreciate, the elliptical wings and other aesthetic features of the Spitfire. If it has “targets” painted on it, that’s what they assume it is. Just like anything with hinomarus on it is a Zero (the white rim around the hinomaru is even commonly supposed to be a numeral zero).

August

Harvard
Mustang
F4U Corsair
Sea Fury
Mosquito

Martin

WW2

Avia B-135
Aero A-300
Jak-3
La-7
Tempest V
Letov Š-50
Fw-200
Spitfire XVI
Mustang D
Fw Ta-152
IAR-80
I-16
LeO-451

Mk9 Spitfire
F4U Corsair
Mustang
Harvard
Firefly

Not quite a historic warbird, but I’ve found that ladies have a special affinity towards the Harrier. I had some of my photographs decorating a friends stall at an airshow and it was amusing to watch the guys come in and scrutinize all my various pics whereas their partners would go straight to a picture of a Harrier in the hover.
After speaking to a few female friends it appears that the Harrier, sat on a dirty great big column of thrust, with all the associated noise and tangible power, seems to stir some rather basic feelings/associations. I kid you not!

As a ladie I quite agree, I’m very partial to harriers 😀

My list would be in no particular order

Dakota
P-38 Lightning
Sea Vixen
Lincoln
Vulcan

Honerable mention to the Spitfires.

I would have thought that in most discerning minds sexy a/c could only date from WW2 and be American, to match the popularised image of the charismatic pilots that flew them, so wer’e probably talking P-51, ‘Cadillac of the Skies’ and B-17 here.
As far as my missus is concerned though, it’s the B2 Spirit, she loves that aircraft to bits. She hasn’t been to that many airshows but has seen the blooming thing three times. She nearly passed out when we went to the last Mildenhall Air Fete and it was actually parked up, I had to bolt down my Polish sausage and walk half a mile through torrential rain so she could get soaked and drool over it.

Mrs. Lindy’s:

Harvard
Vulcan
Lancaster
Hurricane
Lysander ……. (only since I painted one)

Spitfire MkVb
Hawker Tempest V
P-51 Mustang D
Westland Whirlwind
F-86 Sabre