This Week's Meaningless Topic (#143)(June 2)

[Rodger Pettichord]

Hi all. One of the factors that attracts us to airplanes is that they can be very beautiful. Many a youngster first caught the flight bug by seeing a stunning picture of a plane or watching an aircraft gracefully soar overhead. And it's that aerial beauty which leads to this week's topic. 

 

THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC:  To you, which planes qualify for the following awards?

1. Most beautiful cargo plane.

2. Most beautiful prop airliner.

3. Most beautiful jet airliner.

4. Most beautiful general aviation single-engine plane.

5. Most beautiful general aviation twin-engine plane.

6. Most beautiful flying boat.

7. Most beautiful amphibian plane.

[gumbypickett]

Good morning Rodger and everyone. 

 

 1  Whiteworth's Argosy

 

2  F27

 

3  B727

 

4  C172

 

5 Aero commander 

 

6  DHC2 Beaver

 

7  Canadair CL-215 WATER BOMBER

 

cheers

Gumby

[Ken Q]

1. Not sure, no opinion now.

 

2.  Lockheed Constellation/Super Constellation.  Though the DC 7 is strong competition.

 

3.  Maybe the B727.  Seeing them soar overhead taking off from KJFK they looked like ships bound for the moon. Straight out of Buck Rogers.

 

4.  Even with its weird backwards tail, the Mooney M20 series.

 

5.  No strong opinion, but I'll go for the Cessna 310

 

6.  Real strong opinion on this one:  Boeing 314 "Clipper."  A flying ocean liner.

 

7.  Not sure, here.  I like Gumby's suggestion.

 

Ken

 

[John Heaton]

1 - Hercules

2 - Vickers Viscount

3 - Concorde / VC 10

4 - Piper Commanche

5 - Piper Seneca

6 - Sunderland FB

7 - Catalina

 

 

[Stillwater]

That is a question I can contribute to - after so many years of flight simming.

1. Boeing C-17

2. DC-3

3. Boeing 787

4. Lancair Legacy

5. Cessna C337

6. Catalina

7. De Havilland Beaver

[Rodger Pettichord]

1. CARGO: Douglas C-47

2. PROP AIRLINER: Lockheed Constellation

3. JET AIRLINER: Boeing 727

4. GA SINGLE ENGINE: Beechcraft Staggerwing

5. GA TWIN ENGINE: Piper Seneca

6. FLYING BOAT: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

7. AMPHIBIAN: DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbo-Otter  

 

[John York]

None-I don't fly anymore and have no wish to real or simulated.  I just want to sit at home with my lovely wife of seventy years and read my Kindle Paperwhite. 

[wain71]

1- DC-3

2- CONNIE

3- 787

4- CESSNA 208 CARAVAN

5- BN ISLANDER

6- PBY-5 CATALINA

7- DHC-2 BEAVER

[Doc_Z]

1.  B747

2. Constellation

3. Concorde

4.Staggerwing

5. Beech Model 18

6. Boeing Clipper

7. Beaver

[Bluebear]

1. CARGO: Douglas C-47

2. PROP AIRLINER: Lockheed Constellation

3. JET AIRLINER: Dassault Falcon 50

4. GA SINGLE ENGINE: Cessna R182 Skylane RG II

5. GA TWIN ENGINE: Cessna 310

6. FLYING BOAT: Grumman G-73 Mallard

7. AMPHIBIAN: De Havilland Beaver  

[Stillwater]

Cool to see how different our likings are.

Now it is up to Rodger to buid the average... 😉

[larryisenor]

1. 747F

2. Super Constellation

3. Concorde

4. Any Mooney

5. Twin Otter

6. Boeing 314 Clipper

7. Turbo Otter

[TuFun]

1: Douglas DC-3

2: Connie

3: Boeing 727

4: Waco WMF-5

5: Howard 500

6: Grumman H-16

7: PBY Catalina