RE: Favourite & worst looking

Now this is a fun topic!

Best Looking: 707, DC-9/MD-80/98/717 series, Saab 340B, Avro RJ, A340
Worst Looking: 757, Yak-40, Tu-154
Favorites: 1. 707,Avro RJ,DC-9 series,Saab 340B
Just plain like: A300-600ST Beluga

I like some others too, but those are the main ones.

WHY?!

Doesn’t anyone know or even care? Please provide me with some info.

?

How could a 737-700 possibly have a longer range than the DC-8 or 707? They are both single-aisle jets.

Models

I have been building models since I was about 11 or 12 years old. (I will be 18 soon.) The most recent addition to my collection was an F-4EJ painted in special anniversary markings (forgot what the occasion was). It has the word Amigo on the side in big letters. I have no idea what that means. Obviously, I have more of the F-4 than any other aircraft type. I have two 1:32 scale Phantoms, one an F-4E and the other an RF-4C. Both are hanging from the ceiling. I have a 1:32 scale Tornado IDS (German Navy), 1:32 scale F-117A (still in box). I have mostly 1:72 and 1:48 scale models, but I have a few 1:144 scale models, which include an F-16A, F-16XL, Tu-22M-3, F-4E, MiG-23BN, and a MiG-21. In 1:48 scale, I have an F-4J, Tornado IDS, Tornado ADV, MiG-21, MiG-29’s, BF-110, BF-109, P-40’s, P-51, B-17, F-16’s, AH-64, F-4F, F/A-18’s, F-15, F-14’s, T-38, F-5’s, MiG-17, Mirage 2000, and several others. In the 1:72 scale department, I have F-14’s, F-16’s, F-100, F-4’s, Ar-240, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-27, Su-27, Jaguar, A-37, F-8, F-102, F-106, F-104, F-117A, Tornado, P-40, AH-1, UH-1, AH-64 (in box), KC-135, and several others. I also have a B-1, B-2, and a Space Shuttle but I forget what scale they are. They are fairly small so I think it is like 1:200 or something. I also have an F-15 that is close to 1:72 but a little smaller. I also have a 1:72 scale Hawker Typhoon that is still in the box therefore I haven’t put it together yet.

RE: CDG-What is it like?

I was just there a few days ago. We came home from a trip to France and England, and we left CDG on a KLM 737, then flew to Amsterdam to get on a Northwest DC-10 to head to the states. Anyway, the airport is just really, really big, of course that is nothing new. The problem I had with it was that it was very easy to get lost. Shopping and restaurants, if you can find them, is very good. There is lots of things to see and lots of places to eat. As far as the types of planes you will see, just about all of them are there. Everything from Avro RJ’s and Fokker 100’s and up. Lots of 737’s and Airbus A340’s. I saw the tail of a Russian Aeroflot plane but I am not sure what it was. I would imagine an IL-86 or IL-96, but it is hard to tell. I went to eat and when I came back, it had left. Several days earlier, when our group had taken the high-speed train from London to Paris, we had passed by the airport and I saw a Concorde parked next to a hangar. Pretty unmistakeable.

RE: Ugliest Aircraft?

Hi, this is my first post on this forum. I usually post of the AFM forum, but I have recently taken an renewed interest in airliners of all types. I think that some of the most beautiful are the following:

1. Boeing 707 (the most graceful lines I have ever seen on a plane)
2. Saab 340 (the fly into the local airport where I live, absolutly gorgeous)
3. DC-9 (this includes all series, but I think the older ones look better, as the new ones have very fat looking engines)
4. DC-3 (I have never gotten to see one, but I have always liked them, and believe it or not they are still in widespread service)

As for aircraft I don’t find attractive, I would say the 727 is not quite there for my liking. I also think the earlier 737’s are odd-looking due to the very thin engines. I don’t hate either aircraft though, as I have flown on the 727, and it was a very nice ride. The newer 737’s look nice to me. The Russian Tu-134 with glazed nose is odd, but I wouldn’t say ugly. As for the Il-62, I don’t think it looks that bad.