Comments on: Top 5 Most Unique Looking Aircraft of All Time

By: Paddy

Paddy — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:50:27 +0000

In reply to IwakuniSam. There's no "very" or "most" with unique. The word is an absolute adjective, meaning it should not be quantified. This is lazy writing.

By: Paddy

Paddy — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:48:41 +0000

You need to improve your research
It’s the Grumman X29, not Grunman and as for “The unusual looking aircraft was primarily used to improve efficiency and control of fighter jets before and during the Second World War” this is abject nonsense. It first flew in 1984, nearly 40 years AFTER the second world war.
Whilst some combat aircraft utilised jet engines set the very end of WW2, they only became the principle form of propulsion for fighter and interceptor aircraft in the late 40’s and early 50’s.
You might want to go hand back that degree.

By: David Harding

David Harding — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:58:17 +0000

Some years ago, as I flew my Cherokee into El Paso, I saw the Guppy on the apron. It’s as weird in person as in photos.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:54:10 +0000

It a GruMMan x-29, not a Grunman

By: IwakuniSam

IwakuniSam — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:25:53 +0000

In reply to James Champley.

“Most unique” indeed would be a forward swept winged jet-powered craft we tested “before and during the second world war” since the aircraft never flew until 1984. ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29

By: Puppethead

Puppethead — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:29:35 +0000

The Salmon had a similar-looking Convair rival. For uniqueness, what about the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk cropduster, the asymmetric Blohm und Voss BV141, or the Mil V-12, with its wingtip-mounted rotors and engines and double-decker cockpits? Those are just off the top of my head…

By: James Champley

James Champley — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:32:18 +0000

Review your title, something is unique or it ain’t. Can’t be “most unique.”

By: Shiloh

Shiloh — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:18:24 +0000

Those planes were old