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Jack Cook
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Then this Amiot has some serious issues :shock:
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Wow! What a uhh, well, ummm beauty that is.

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I had heard the expression "flies like a brick with wings" before, but I never knew someone had actually tried it. :shock:

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What an ugly POS ! It can't even figure out what Air Force it belongs to ! :D
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That photo and another of the same bird appear in Dana Bell's "Air Force Colors, Vol. 2: ETO & MTO 1942-45." The caption reads:

"One of the more unusual aircraft flown by the Army Air Force was this Potez 540, which was used as a flying darkroom by the 15th Photo Mapping Squadron, 3rd Photo Mapping Group, in Junuary, 1943. Although US Wing Stars and crossed national flags have been added, the French camoflage, national markings, and rudder legend were left intact to avoid the impression that this was a prize of war."

And for the record, the French came up with some WAY uglier aircraft than that!

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le fugly le french......... they are consistent!!

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Although the caption says Amiot it is the Potez.
Ihe Amiot is not has bad looking. It looks more like
a flying restaurant than a bomber though!
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/8217/fgun/amiot143-b.jpg
http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1289&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=1057

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You guys do understand that one of the laws of aerodynamics is that some airplanes are so ugly that they fly because the earth repels them.

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You guys are making some poor designer cry in his grave... :cry:

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Not gonna lie, kinda think it looks cool. :P

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Not every airplane can look like a Herc... :wink:

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Scott - that airplane cannot have a designer....it must have been the mutant offspring of a committee!

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P51Mstg wrote:
You guys do understand that one of the laws of aerodynamics is that some airplanes are so ugly that they fly because the earth repels them.

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I thought that only applied to helicopters!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Is it me, or does it look like an Auster on steroids...?

... but I'd hate to insult an Auster with that statement. :D

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