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To: sukhoi-30mki
Yet an obscure Russian close air support aircraft that lost a competition to the now notorious Sukhoi Su-25 may take the trophy for the must gorgeously ugly combat jet of all time.

A couple of contenders...

Of course airplanes always look uglier parked on the ground.

8 posted on 07/11/2014 11:23:29 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: Hugin

ME-109 and P-47???


10 posted on 07/11/2014 11:27:39 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Hugin

I spoke too soon. That’s not an ME-109.


11 posted on 07/11/2014 11:28:56 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Hugin

That’s an ugly old Buffalo :-)


13 posted on 07/11/2014 11:35:36 PM PDT by Bobalu (Israel is the most long-suffering and peace loving nation on Earth.)
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To: Hugin

I don’t think either of those is a combat “JET” though.

Russian aircraft always have an indefinable “something” that makes them seem odd somehow. Something in the design language is just “off”.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 11:42:57 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Hugin

Try this one:

http://kits.kitreview.com/images/fiatg50fmreviewbg_box.jpg


17 posted on 07/11/2014 11:49:52 PM PDT by razorbak
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To: Hugin
Those P47s don't look too bad in the air: On the ground vs... ...in the air:
22 posted on 07/12/2014 12:11:42 AM PDT by razorbak
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To: Hugin
That is a 2/3 or 3/4 scale flying replica of a Stuka. Real ones are a tad bigger.

Here is my favorite Stuka, the Ju-87G-2. Under each wing is a 37mm anti-tank gun. It was the functional predecessor of the A-10.


38 posted on 07/12/2014 5:40:33 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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