On: The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation of the Trans...

[OldGuyInTheClub]

I think the Victor still looks futuristic, menacing, and strangely beautiful. A Buck Rogers fantasy brought to life.

[ceejayoz → OldGuyInTheClub]

The head-on view is particularly badass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Handley_Page_HP-80_Victor...

[nocoiner → OldGuyInTheClub]

I agree. It’s ungainly for sure, but I wouldn’t call it ugly.

Besides, if I were going to pick a British warplane originating from that era as the ugliest, I’d have to go with the Nimrod.

[dwd → nocoiner]

AEW3 variant I would agree, the original was a sleek conversion the dH Comet. Pretty nice design for a plane that first flew in the 40s!

The Victor was also a sleek futuristic design and the every bit as impressive as the Vulcan.

Never a fan of the Gloster Javalin; something was always off in the proportions as well as just looking chunky.

[cf100clunk → nocoiner]

I agree about the distasteful look of the Nimrod. As for the Victor: ''Thunderbirds are go!''