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ranking of beautiful aircraft by nation and epoch

In the History of combat aircraft there has been many particular out standing designs.

Among each aircraft i would say there are a few i really like them and always remember as particularly beautiful and sticking out of the rest.

If i sort them out by nation independently of historical period i would say these are my favorite aircraft:

US-F-15, F-14, F-16, F-22, P-51, P-40, B-1, B-29 A-5 Vigilante and F-111

England-Spitfire, Tornado ADV and Harrier the rests of british designs i found them quit ugly

Germany- Ar-234, Me-262, He-162, FW-190, Ta-152, He-111, Me-264, Ju-388 and the Ho-229.
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2905L.jpg
China-J-8, J-8II, JH-7A and J-10B the rest are really ugly ducklings.

Russia:MiG-23, MiG-29, Tu-22M, Tu-160, Su-24, Su-27, An-124 and MiG-3 the rest are not as beautiful to my taste quit coarse or ugly

France: Mirage 2000, Mirage F1 and Rafale

Israel-Lavi and Kfir

Sweden: AJ-37 Viggen and Saab J-29 Tunnan the only frontal air inlet aircraft of the 1950s i feel is beautiful

Italy- Macchi 202 Folggore and A-129 Mangusta

Japan: Hien Kasaki Ki-61 and the T-4
http://www.2iemeguerre.com/avions/images/ki61o.jpg

Taiwan- Ching Kuo

Argentina:IA-63

Brazil-ERJ-145 AWACS/R-99

Poland:PZL I-22 Irydia

India-LCA

International- AMX and Jaguar

I think the nation with the most beautiful design in helicopters is Italy and in Fighters is France and the US

If i rated by epoch i would say

From the 1940 propeller aircraft the most beautiful is the P-51 to my taste http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/assets/images/P-51D.jpg

Form the 1940s WWII jet aircraft the Ar-234 is my favorite
http://www.luchtoorlog.be/img/ar234_blitz/v6_1.jpg

from the 1940s post WWII jet aircraft i would say personally i love the eternally beautiful J-29 Tunnan
http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/ljungbyhed96/j29_tunnan.jpg
From the 1950s my favorite is the A-5
http://www.wetwing.com/military/atsugi/atsugiphoto/ra-5cng.jpg

from the 1960s only the MiG-23 i feel deserves my love
http://www.tomcat521.com/tomcatter/f14vsmig23/MIG-23.jpg

from the 1970s i guess the most beautiful aircraft to my taste is the F-16
[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-16-harm-19990520f16mo.jpg ]

From the 1980s the Rafale
http://www.aeronautics.ru/img003/rafale-01.jpg
From the 1990s i only think the F-22 looks cool enough
http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/images/F-22_Raptor_4005_NEVILLE_FIRST_TO_TRIM_.jpg

I do not like aircraft from the 1905 to 1936 i feel i like more bicycles than aircraft from pre-1936

This is the bomber i like the most of all them all

http://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/messerschmitt/me2641.jpg

And this the helicopter i like the most
http://www.combataircraft.com/aircraft/ha129_p_02_l.jpg

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