April 11, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, Dominique_K said: Convair B-58 Hustler A mean-looking, awe-inspiring sister. Doomsday raw power. Delivering 3.8 megatons of annihilation at supersonic speed, so glad it never flew its intended mission. I remember seeing one on the ground at a Mather Field airshow when I was 5. It proudly wore the SAC emblem and was roped off to close public access. Edited April 11, 20242 yr by TheFamilyMan CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
April 11, 20242 yr My opinion hasn't ever changed since I was kid. The Albatross D.III (the D.II is close but doesn't look quite as predatory). 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 11, 20242 yr 12 hours ago, trainnut said: Both hard to work on & unreliable.😁 Which no bearing on their looks. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
April 11, 20242 yr You can close the thread now. Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
April 11, 20242 yr I'll say F/A-18. It really captured my imagination when I first saw one and then saw the Blue Angles preform at airshows. To me, the perfect distillation of power and agility. Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
April 11, 20242 yr Never saw an airplane that I didn’t thunk was a beauty. Even gangly looking helicopters. Vic green
April 11, 20242 yr 35 minutes ago, Patco Lch said: Never saw an airplane that I didn’t thunk was a beauty. Even gangly looking helicopters. Hold my beer. Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
April 11, 20242 yr 16 minutes ago, Paul K said: Hold my beer. Now THAT is stunning!! Guess it's French? Just what we need for our sims. My tie for my 1st Place is the XB-70 Valkyrie & the Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan. Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
April 11, 20242 yr A lot of gorgeous aircraft in this thread. For me, the aircraft that looks the most like I think an aircraft should look is the DC-3. Does it look beautiful, or does it just look right? Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
April 12, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, martin-w said: Surprised nobody has mentioned the Vulcan 'Head' is too bulbous for me, which is a shame because the design (apart from the cockpit placement) is great otherwise. The H.P. Victor's cockpit is better integrated into the fuselage design, IMHO. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
April 12, 20242 yr Another good one, Lockheed Electra 12A 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 12, 20242 yr 8 hours ago, IanHarrison said: Which no bearing on their looks. *has Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
April 12, 20242 yr 7 hours ago, LHookins said: A lot of gorgeous aircraft in this thread. For me, the aircraft that looks the most like I think an aircraft should look is the DC-3. Does it look beautiful, or does it just look right? Hook There are aircraft which don’t need to be good looking, They carry such an emotional load, at least for older people, that they transcend beauty.. The Dc3 has been here for so long, she is a link to our past. And she was a humble but decisive bird of freedom, WW2 , Berlin airlift. I boarded a Dc-3 and a C47 in SE Asia 50 years ago,. I felt I was part of history 😁. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
April 12, 20242 yr 10 hours ago, Patco Lch said: Never saw an airplane that I didn’t thunk was a beauty. Even gangly looking helicopters. You have a point here, anything leaving the ground andmoving through the air all by itself reflects the beauty of the human mind. Now about looking gangly, I have a personal fondness for the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
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