[IonImplantGuru]

I love the 747. It has to be my all time favorite beautiful passenger plane, although the DC-3 was beautiful, as was the Constellation. I also think, for classic design the 727 was nice. The Concord goes without saying.

Well, I'll certainly agree with a lot of your choices, but not in your order (different strokes for different folks). In my opinion - for purely beautiful lines - the all-time sexiest airliner is the Lockheed Constellation. They even sound wonderful with those four big radial engines!

[investigateworld]

What was the power plant on a Connie?

[epow]

The Connie was a beautiful aircraft, no doubt about that. About 13-14 years ago I got a good look at the one that TWA had restored to like new condition and put on display in Kansas City. It was the first one I had seen since the 1950s when they were operated out of Miami on international routes when I was in high school. I love all those old timer prop planes with round engines, although I will be the 1st to admit that flying long distances is far more comfortable in modern jet aircraft.

I fell in love with the sound of radial engines when our small town got one flight a day by a National Airlines Lockheed Lodestar. I would ride my bike down to a spot that it often came over as it climbed out, and the sound from those twin radials 2 or 3 hundred feet up with every knob pushed or pulled was music to my ears.

OK, enough reminiscing for one day. When I get started on old airplanes I never know when to quit, so I now quit.

[rlmorel]

I've seen her at Oshkosh a few times I went...:)