“I will make one unequivocal statement: there will never be a more beautiful craft than the F-15.”
I think that mark has already been hit with the F-22. It is a great looking airplane, and has it all over the F-15 in performance as well.
Of course, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. :-)
The F-22 is uber-cool in appearance. But cool<>beautiful. The F-15 always looked to me like an elegant swan. Every line so artfully drawn, every plane so sophisticated.
And her cool younger cousin: