Coolest Large Planes?

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Ah the good old Belslow...

[lufbramatt]

Not sure if these are cool or not, but definitely got an air of Thunderbird 2 going on so I think it passes the Gerry Anderson test

[hammo19]

Eric Mc said:

Penguinracer specifically said "piston engined airliner". So - the Britannia is out under that criteria.

Under the "cool big aeroplane" however, the Britannia is most definitely in - as is its big brother, the Belfast -

Oh Eric you have so got the cool thing now.....love these and Britannias, and CL44s

[Eric Mc]

lufbramatt said:

Not sure if these are cool or not, but definitely got an air of Thunderbird 2 going on so I think it passes the Gerry Anderson test

Aha - have we just spotted Airfix's next big release?

[lufbramatt]

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Flight of the Pheonix?

Edited by lufbramatt on Wednesday 23 November 16:41

[LotusOmega375D]

Used to see the Heavy Lift Belfasts fairly regularly flying out of Southend. Wiki says Shorts only ever built 10 of them.

Here' some youtube video footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnteruMa8SA

[lufbramatt]

Eric Mc said:

lufbramatt said:

Not sure if these are cool or not, but definitely got an air of Thunderbird 2 going on so I think it passes the Gerry Anderson test

Aha - have we just spotted Airfix's next big release?

haha no, although it has been discussed!

[Eric Mc]

Probably in the pub after work after four or five pints.

It would be an impressive model though.

[Eric Mc]

LotusOmega375D said:

Used to see the Heavy Lift Belfasts fairly regularly flying out of Southend. Wiki says Shorts only ever built 10 of them.

Indeed.

[NM62]

I nominate

B1B

B-52D

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

I'd always go with this as the ultimate piston engined airliner -





SNAP

This is one of my favourite Connie pics. Must have kept the passengers entertained.

[Eric Mc]

Except the picture I posted is not really a Connie.

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

Except the picture I posted is not really a Connie.

It pretty much is.

[Eric Mc]

Ayahuasca said:

It pretty much is.

It's a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner. Although evolved from the Constellation and Super Constellation it had a completely different wing - which gave it a longer range and was faster. That's why I posted it as it was the final development of the Constellation family. Lockheed have it a different name because they felt it was significantly different.

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

Ayahuasca said:

It pretty much is.

It's a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner. Although evolved from the Constellation and Super Constellation it had a completely different wing - which gave it a longer range and was faster. That's why I posted it as it was the final development of the Constellation family. Lockheed have it a different name because they felt it was significantly different.

Meh, a rose by any other name... a Mk24 Spitfire has almost nothing in common with a Mk1, yet it is still a Spitfire... I would hazard a guess that the L1649 is closer to the original Constellation than the Mk 24 is to the Mk1

[Eric Mc]

I go with what the manufacturer decided.

It's a bit like the Boeing 707 and 720 - superficially very similar but under the skin quite different.

[davepoth]

Talking of giant Bristols...

[Ayahuasca]

davepoth said:

Talking of giant Bristols...

Looks a bit under-engined.

[Ayahuasca]

Not quite as pretty as Eric's Connie...

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

I remember when they did the tanker conversions on the VC10s for the RAF at Filton.

IIRC there were 3 or 4 VC10s in each of the Brabzxon hangars.