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The Ugliest Planes that Acutally Fly PDF Print E-mail

It's one thing to design an ugly airplane, but its an entirely different thing to design one that actually flies. Here are some of the ugliest airplanes ever created...and flown.

Ugly Airplane

Delanne Duo-Mono

This one was actually a French design commandeered by the Germans. The cockpit is actually the back of the airplane, which made 6 o'clock shots rather painful.

Ugly Airplane

Handley Page Heyford

With a fuselage that seemed to be disconnected from the wings, the Heyford looked like it was about to fall apart...which it did.

Ugly Airplane

Westland Lysander P-12

The actually made more conventional looking Lysanders, but for some reason they let Dr. Frankenstein work on this one.

Ugly Airplane

Pemberton-Billing PB - 25

Where do you sit?

Ugly Airplane

Westland-Hill Pterodactyl

Ingredients:

- One old car

- One hang glider

- Once ceiling fan

- One six-pack of your favorite beer

Ugly Airplane

Linke - Hofmann R1

A Bi-wing Shorts 330.

Ugly Airplane

Breguet 765 Sahara

Those crazy French. Tail? We don't need no tail!

Ugly Airplane

Ugly Airplane

Caproni Stipa

I just don't understand how this didn't catch on.

Ugly Airplane

Stout Amphibian

Pablo Picaso's first aircraft... at lease it should have been.

Ugly Airplane

Vedo Villi

Can anyone tell me which way is forward?

Caproni Ca.60

Caproni Ca.60

Nine wings? Somebody was compensating for something. This thing actually flew...once. It wasn't very far, but it brought true meaning to the term "flying boat."


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