What do you think is the best looking jet ever made?

[dome]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned the TSR2 yet, simple lines and yet beautiful.





Another vote for the Victor too, always loved them.

Brian

Edited by dome on Friday 11th December 18:39

[skyslimit]

Another vote for the TSR2. Jaw dropping machine. Number 1 on my list.

[Mr Dave]

I think the Hawk is a very pretty little jet.


Although the f-5 is also a good looking plane, would love one as a private jet.



As previously mentioned Concorde, Sea hawk and Hunter all rate pretty highly too. Also like Crusaders.

[Dr Jekyll]

RizzoTheRat said:

Hey, you're cheating, that's a turboprop not a jet!

Seeing this I thought about starting a thread on the best looking turboprop, but decided there aren't enough good looking turboprops.

The only really good looking one I can think of is the Beech Starship.

[Eric Mc]

Dr Jekyll said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Hey, you're cheating, that's a turboprop not a jet!

Seeing this I thought about starting a thread on the best looking turboprop, but decided there aren't enough good looking turboprops.

The only really good looking one I can think of is the Beech Starship.

They ARE jets so they can be included.

[RizzoTheRat]

Eric Mc said:

Dr Jekyll said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Hey, you're cheating, that's a turboprop not a jet!

Seeing this I thought about starting a thread on the best looking turboprop, but decided there aren't enough good looking turboprops.

The only really good looking one I can think of is the Beech Starship.

They ARE jets so they can be included.

Depends on your definition of a jet engine being s how it's generating the power or how it's using it. True they're running on the Brayton cycle, but so's the WR-21. But surely the definition is how it generates the thrust, a jet does so by propelling a high speed jet of air out the back, a turboprop doesn't actually have that jet as it uses the power to turn the prop. Though where you draw the line between a high pypass turbofan (which is a jet IMO) and a turboprop starts to make life tricky.

[Eric Mc]

As you say it depends.

To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.

So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".

[RizzoTheRat]

Fair enough, though to play the devils avocado I rekon this is pretty nice looking jet too

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 13th December 12:05

[skyslimit]

Eric Mc said:

As you say it depends.

To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.

So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".

That means you could include helicopters though. Just an upside down variable pitch prop pwered by a turbine.

Kinda with Rizzo on this one!

[Eric Mc]

skyslimit said:

Eric Mc said:

As you say it depends.

To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.

So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".

That means you could include helicopters though. Just an upside down variable pitch prop pwered by a turbine.

Kinda with Rizzo on this one!

Don't care

To my mind the Vickers Viscount will always be the first ever jet airliner.




If you want to include helicopters, that's fine by me.

[RizzoTheRat]

I always rather liked the comet meself


and call me weird but I think the Nimrod doesn't really take away from the look of the original

[Eric Mc]

At least Vickers knew how to pressurise an airliner safely.

[RizzoTheRat]

Ooooo, below the belt Vickers were just better at designing window frames, bit like Everest or Anglian

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 13th December 12:22

[Eric Mc]

RizzoTheRat said:

Ooooo, below the belt Vickers were just better at designing window frames, bit like Everest or Anglian

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 13th December 12:22

Small point but crucial.

Vickers probably had more experience of pressurising in the UK than anyone else. I always liked the fact that on the early Viscounts they took great pains to ensure ALL of the appertures (apart from the cockpit windows) had rounded shapes rather than right angles. Even the doors were oval.

With the Series 800, they realised they might have been a bit too cautious and opted for a more rectangular shape to the doors.


700


800

[Dr Jekyll]

Fantastic big windows though.

[Eric Mc]

I think the Dreamliner's windows are going to be a bit like the Viscount's - which would be great.

[odyssey2200]

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[perdu]

Since I agree with Eric that the Viscount is lovely, shall I ask which is the best livery they flew in...?

my vote agrees with Duxford it seems

this is how they always looked when I was a lad

lovely

[Eric Mc]

It's nice to see that the Duxford example (which is G-ALWF - the oldest surviving Viscount in the world) has received a more appropriate "silver" fuselage. For years, it was painted light grey - which was incorrect. Here is a BEA Viscount "in period".

[Slagathore]

Mostly because I remember having a game featuring it years ago.