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WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT - PART 2: More Stunning Airplanes of All Types Around the Globe!
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World's Most Beautiful Aircraft - PART 1: • TOP-TEN MOST BEAUTIFUL...
Wonderful to see the Connie recognized for what she is. A beautiful grand old lady of the sky!
For me, the most beautiful military aircraft was the McDonnell XF-67 Moonbat.
And one HAS to LOVE that name!
Thank you for including the Seamaster and the A-3/A-5. Absolutely some of my all time favorite naval jets, but very underspoken.
Agree.
The Beriev Be-12 Chayka does it for me with props, and it drags its tail!
The "Connie" was an EXCELLENT pick!!!
Thank you for including my favourite Lockheed L10 Electra 😊👍🏻
The most beautiful remains for me the MIrage III. So pure and so sleek. A piece of elegant art. I learned to draw airplanes by sketching the Mirage when a child.
Just a quick note here Mike. My sister was visiting and your part 2 of 'world's most beautiful aircraft' was on the big screen. Up came the TWA Constellation. She saw it and said oh that's the plane I flew to Florida on! She commented about the wing tip tanks. Bumpiest ride on an airplane she ever had. They came around and asked if anyone would like dinner?
She said no.... 😂
Should have flown Eastern. My mom would have treated her right😊
For me, the most beautiful transport is the Boeing 747-8F, with its long smooth fuselage and short hump that blends perfectly with the UPS paint scheme.
Lovely in Korean Air livery too.
The "committee" came up with great examples of beautiful airplanes. My only addition would be the stunning Convair B-36.
I like the SUD Caravelle as far as older airliners. Gorgeous.
I know its controversal among the comments here but i am just happy the F-4 finally gets some credit.
It just so damn beautiful!
The Connie and the Lancer were my picks too. There's still a flying Connie at Wollongong, Australia.
The F-108 competes as the sexiest jet EVER despite never being made. Look like it flew in from the future. F-14 Tomcat.
Thank you for considering my opinion on the B-1b! I am a happy girl!
You do spoil us, Mike. Great job, and I was pleasantly surprised by your pick of the B-1. One of the best sounding, too. If you sit in the grandstands at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the B-1’s sound is off the charts coming out of Nellis.
I'm a little late to the party, but thanks Mike, for using the picture of the ONA Super 63 DC-8 at 7:20. My mom was a stewardess/hostess for ONA in the early 70's, and I had the opportunity to fly with her on several occasions as a kid. The pic you used brought back some memories.
🇦🇺 Some dubious candidates there Mike but yes, the F86 💙👍
Part 2? You could probably do another 5 parts to this series! Love these Mike! Focke-Wulf 200 Condor was one of those airliner/bomber conversions I always thought was an overlooked beauty, and yes the A350 has the sexiest wings! Keep ‘em coming!
I agree, please do more beautiful aircraft nominations
I'm not fan of the Soviet Union or Russia, but the exclusion of those aircraft here are noticeable. I think the TU-154 is one of the best looking aircraft, a tri-jet it's proportionally better looking than the 727 or British Trident. The 154 has a cleaner look, maybe a better Golden Ratio?
So glad you included the YF-23. What a stunner!
The SAAB 35 Draken beats the Bone any and every day of the week....🥰😍😎
That being said, the B-1 IS a beautiful piece of machinery....
Brutish but beautiful, that is the Skyraider to me, wouldn't mind a couple in a hangar....
Here's a question for you, I can't remember if you've touched this before or not....which decade would you consider to be most interesting one, regarding aviation?
Excellent video, as always!
Yes, the SAAB J35 was included in Part 1, and thanks for the great question. For me personally, that decade would have to be the 1950s (Bell X-1 to X-15, first jet airliners and helicopters, et al.), but the 1940s began with World War II and ended at supersonic flight. Might have to be a future episode and will credit you for the request. Many thanks!
Thanks for picking the B-1B. I don't think a more beautiful aircraft is possible. Another well-done video.
Thanks Mike, you and your crew do a great job.
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
Extremely difficult to pick a single "best looking" aircraft, Mike, but you do a great job at pointing out most of the top "selections" to consider!
I have to say at the F-108 Rapier stands as my top for military; and since my dad worked for TWA from the 50's into the 70's, nothing beats the 1049 SuperG. Too elegant to pass up as #1!
I flew from St. Louis to Orlando on the L-1011 in 1981. Absolutely the most beautiful, comfortable, and elegant airplane I was ever on. Got a free upgrade to first class, so that might have had some influence.....It was also a wine-tasting flight. But, still!
Agreed on the L-1011, and even as a McDonnell Douglas guy, I felt the TriStar was a beautifully engineered airplane and more technologically advanced than the DC-10. Thanks for watching!
As it has been said, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
P-38, F-15, Hawker Tempest, F-101, F-105...there are many more airplanes that are beauties. My favorite is the F-84 Thunderstreak, it looks fast while parked on the ground!
That painting of the F-108 in the thumbnail and at the beginning of the video is spectacular!
Many thanks, and the artist was my dear friend, the late Craig Kodera.
Wonderful as always, Mike. Good job by the Platinum Committee.😊
You and your Team have out done themselves again. Great work.
On behalf of my entire Production Team and Editorial Support Staff, many thanks John!
I'm so thankful that I grew up in both the prop and jet era. I'm even more thankful that I got all my ratings at Long Beach LGB. What a great place to be with Douglas and then MacDouglas around.
Great stuff . For the next episode perhaps the panel can consider the Howard 500 .
Good choice!
Outstanding !!!
Awesome!
Boeing 307 Stratoliner hands down. Just gorgeous.
Great start to my day. Thanks Mike!
There's a reason why the F-4 is known as "Double Ugly". Aerodynamically, it is a mish-mash of fixes and work-arounds, but it has become a Classic, for sure.
Looking forward to part 3! I think the beauty of the Hughes XF-11 or the Polikarpov I-16 warrants some recognition. And maybe it's just me, but I'm a big fan of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto too, which I never knew about until watching your channel. Thanks for all the great content!
CAC 31, best looking f86 ever.
It's amazing how many outstanding AND beautiful aircraft North American produced.
Agreed 100%!
Great choices Mike. This series is a grand slam! (Hint, grand slam takes 4 runners to score), so I hope you can find the time to do at least two more...
Thanks for including the BUFF.
Great list again, it made for a very enjoyable watch. When I saw the Cessna 310 "AND" the Constellation Super-G with tip tanks "AND" in TWA markings, well let's just say it put a smile on my face. Thanks, Mike, for your time and work...
Mike
Super G all day long, pure gold.
I'm happy to see that my favorite aircraft made the list even tho it never left the mockup stage.
Just been to an aviation museum that had a couple fighter planes and found the most aesthetic of them to be the 104 Starfighter. But man, that thing is TINY compared to the Panavia Tornado standing next to it. The civilian planes I find the most pleasing for the eye are the aerobatics monoplanes with their sleek, simple lines.
Thanks Mike for this wonderful series on aviation. Really appreciate the use of aviation art when possible instead of photos. Big in illustrator myself I love watching your videos just purely for inspiration inspiration. Just one small, insignificant, minor glitch in your last presentation. The Albatros D.III was manufactured by Albatros Flugzeugwerke not Pfalz. Thank you, once again, for your considerable work on each topic you have presented.
Another outstanding video - a terrific follow-up to part 1. Last time, I recommended the RA-5C Vigilante...thanks for including it, but I wish you had shown more views (it is especially stunning in plan view). Also, a military aircraft that could compete in both the beautiful (3/4 view) AND brutish (front view) categories - the F-106 Delta Dart.
Bravo Mike. Yours is one of the most pleasing Chanels on the Tube.
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
Great show, Mike. Thanks for sharing the wonderful aviation art work and your extensive knowledge - always a treat!
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
For me it’s The Convairliners, specifically the CV-580 and the stretched CV-5800
Falcon 20, nice to see that get some attention. It looks pretty good in coast guard colours too. So good they fitted one with afterburners in 1988. Google it :)
Agree about the Super G. Love the curve of the back. This plane looks great on the ground from below 3/4 view. My parents flew in it several times and I’ve always wondered about the experience of seeing the plane for the first time in the flesh in advance of a long flight when intercontinental travel was still a relatively new idea.
Your parents probably had the same thought about the idea of flying aboard DC-3's for the same route/time/distance, only your comparison is probably against the modern magic carpet 767's. Your parents most likely were grateful there were four engines instead of 2 wimpy ones, and that they were going to fly over (most) inclement weather and in only one aircraft.
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Man, those B-47s used to fly low and "slow" right over my house when I was a kid on Hampton Beach, NH - as they swept out over the North Atlantic when leaving Pease AFB to secret parts unknown. Sleek. Gorgeous. And a handful.
Thanks for sharing!
At 2:08 you mentioned a Ta-152 the pic shows an Fw-190D-13. loved the video!
Once again, thank you for putting together this outstanding video. Great choice on the Connie - however for me, it's the original, the L-049. On those last shots: roll "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." :)
Awesome video
Thanks again for sharing, these videos always brighten my day. A bit of a surprise to see my old airframe show up! IYASYAS.
Love that you selected the Lockheed C-141! I’ve always thought it was a good looking airplane
Great minds think alike! The B-1 is my second favorite military plane behind the SR-71.
Yes, the B-1 was nicknamed the BONE from B-ONE > BONE
Also, the F-100 Super Sabre was nickname the HUN. Thus derived from F- One HUNdred > HUN
As always, love all your videos.
Jerry Staley
Dickinson, TX
I love the star fighter. Never seen one in person. Fantastic choices.
Many thanks!
Great Episode. Thank You! For me, every structure, that lifts aerodynamically has beauty from one angle or the other. Even things like the Gwinn Aircar...
A tiny nitpick: The "Pfalz D.III Albatros" is the "Albatros D.III", "Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH" being the manufacturer.
I love the Connie for best looking classic airliner. For modern days, it's the 787 for me. That wing, especially in flight, is just too graceful.
Agreed on the 787!
My picks for civil aircraft would include the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing and Cessna 210 with cantilever wing and enclosed retracted landing gear. Thanks for another great episode!
Yes, the Staggerwing was included in Part 1, and thanks for watching!
@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 I just rewatched Part 1. Still a great episode and I can't disagree with any of your picks in both Parts. I'd like go give a nomination of a sailplane: the Blanik L-13 that I was fortunate to fly as a student in high school up at Truckee, CA airport in the 1960's
1:28 Isn't that an F-14D? - My favorite has always been the P-38J Lightning since seeing Lefty Gardner's "White Ligntin'" at the Reno Air Races in 1982.
OK, you get extra credit - actually an F-14B Upgrade, VF-11, NAS Oceana, VA. Thanks for watching!
Roger that!... but then my oldest brother is named after a P-38 pilot my dad served with so I may be a little biased.
And thanks Mike for another awesome episode!🤠 from Colorado!
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 - Extra credit! Cool. Anything to keep me out of summer school.
More great info and pics. How about a tour of Edwards then and now and some of the historic spots such as the X-1 pit, vertical take off defusser , x-2 run pad and revetment , some crash sites and historic hangers.
Thanks to you and your cohorts for both episodes -beautiful, and I saw a few I didn’t know existed.
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
For simple elegance in military aircraft I think you’d be hard-pressed to beat the Dassault Mirage III. In the GA/business sector the Piaggio Avanti has a wired beauty. For airliners, though, once you’ve mentioned the Super G and Starliner there’s no real competition although the DC7C was nicely proportioned and looked right. Look forward to editions 3 through infinity. Many thanks.
Fun vid!
You included the BUFF but not the SLUFF which definitely goes in the same category
The B-29B was a beautifully clean aircraft.
Mike,
Thank you for including the Cessna 190 series. I was lucky enough to own Cessna 195B N3037B S/N7920 for 43 years. It is now in Bavaria Germany.
If you are going to continue the "Most Beautiful series", please do not leave out the Beechcraft Duke, I Love both liiking at that airplane and flying it.
I am an octogenarian living in the beautiful Ozark mountains of North West Arkansas.
Gary
Thought describing the Tomcat as brutish was a bit, how shall,I say it, out of place. I very much endorse the idea of the B-58 Hustler as a beauty. But for volume 3 of this series you must include the F-111 Aardvark. Maybe als widen you catchment by looking at the Russkis ? Sukhoi-27 family ? Mig 23 - 25 ? Keep up the good work, Mike. You really make us celebrate aviation !
Your #1 pick is absolutely correct! I spent 2000 Hrs in the Bone and was always impressed with how beautiful she looked
Thanks!
Thank you for supporting the channel!
I’ve a “F-108/Arrow/TSR2” playlist I dump every fragment I can find on these three should-have-beens. I’m enamored with NAA’s Rapier.
Great artwork and photographs of some stunning planes. I personally love how the Mirage IIIC looks. To me it is one of the most elegant looking delta wing aircraft of all time. Especially when it is in its bare metal form. The Mirage IV was mentioned in part 1, but to me personally the Mirage III is better. The MiG-21Fs specifically are also quite small and sleek before they gain the hump look quite fast and elegant.
Forgot to mention my favourite sea plane the M.C.72. The extremely long nose with its V24 engine looks like it means business.
I haven't seen the F20 Tiger shark yet, but I'm guessing it's going to get it's own episode. Hahaha.
Thats what I was wondering… What, no F-5/F-20? Easily one of THE prettiest planes ever made! Most definitely a plane that looks good from every angle!
Also, the Lockheed Jetstar was a very good looking early business jet!
Both the DC-3 and Catalina flying boat would be on my list.
Really needed to include 4:01 the FJ-4
Great collection of beautiful airplanes! Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Yes, I understand this is a very subjective matter but I miss the Boeing 787 (mainly in flight with its swept and curved wings) and the Catalina (in the "Brutish, Yet Beautiful" category)...
What about a third show called "Forgotten, But Not Less Beautiful Airplanes"?
As always entertaining and very aesthetically. I love your videos.
Many thanks!
Thanks for another great video on beautiful planes. High on my list of "beautiful because it is built to work" would be the Stuka, the F4U Corsair, B-25, and the Sikorsky S-58 helicopter. And contenders for the top 10 most beautiful military aircraft "just because" would include the Me-262, the Bf-109E, and the Mig 3. I think most people would prefer the Bf-109F thru K, but I like the shapes of the older cowling and wings. Also, I would not have the TA-152 on a good list because its wings and fuselage made it look ungainly.
Really?? The F4???
To quote one of the test pilots "It was so ugly I wondered if they'd deivered it upside down" 😂😂😂
Or as I've heard it said, "Proof that with enough power even a brick can fly!" 😆
Good old "Double Ugly", or. ' The Triumph of Thrust Over Aerodynamics '
I've heard, "Like flying a fast brick with undersized wings."
Glad the Super G won out!
Love the b1 award
Another good episode and I can see this going on for some time longer! I could probably list 10 aircraft not mentioned in a heartbeat. My vote for the most ugly/beautiful plane would be the Northrup C-125 Raider...very cool looking a/c. Keep 'em coming!!!
Thanks for including the F-16, although you could have used a better picture, as the twin seat version doesn't look as good as the single seat with that beautiful teardrop bubble canopy....
Great job, but I would throw in the all time classic yellow J-3 Piper Cub!
Agreed, and that was my first solo back in 1966!
Mike, I would like to make a suggestion for the Most Beautiful list: the Martin M-130 flying boat. Stunning, graceful airliner.
Great suggestion, thanks!
I love the MiG-15 because it’s lines are so nice and I love the T tail
I also looked at the RA5C tail which was the carrier my father was on the JFK
Rather than the BONE, I like to think of the B-1B as nicknamed BOB, as is B ONE B.
Missed beautiful aircraft: Boeing 727. I love its S-Duct inlet for the Number-2 engine, and the entire empennage is just awesome!
'Bout durn time you included a *_BLEEDAIR BLIMP!_* 😉🤭
My entire 28 years active and reserves were with the C-141. Maintenance, flight engineer and finished up back in maintenance. 2,000 hours flight time!
Thanks for the comment, and I have many hours riding in C-141s with the Air Force Art Program back in the day. Wonderful airplane!
There could indeed be many more episodes and maybe the net could be cast wider to take in some of the Eastern Bloc designs which were at least as sleek as some of the US or British types. Think of the Tu-104, Tu-134 and the Tu-154 with those swept wings and podded landing gear - purposeful but pretty racy-looking. The Tu-95 Bear and the related Tu-114 airliner are also classics that deserve a mention, I think.
i think the aircraft your stood next to in the pic is a Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Yes, you guessed it!
Love the recent series on "the most beautiful". My compliments to "the Committee". Thought I might see a nod to the Curtiss Commando.
The commitee did a great job, but my heart will always be with the Deperdussin monocoque 1913 ❤
Hello !!!
I was lucky enough back in the early to mid 1990s to catch three rides on the "Save-A-Connie" Super "G" (actually a Super "H") Constellation complete with the long, radar nose and wing tip, fuel tanks.
Hey Mike, check out the Heston Napier Racer. One of the best looking airplanes ever.