Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-lymph!dimeo From: dimeo@lymph.DEC Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Most beautiful aircraft Message-ID: <2857@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 12:14:28 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.2857 Posted: Mon Jun 24 12:14:28 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:49:24 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 12 I vote the B36 as the "most beautiful". Who can forget the magnificent footage in "Strategic Air Command" with Jimmy Stewart. Those scenes are inspiring even today. What made the big bomber so pretty was that it was so huge yet it's lines were graceful. The long, upcurving wings in flight, the smooth lines of the engines and the pencil like fuselage all lended to the picture of ultimate grace. An Albatross on the ground, it was a beauty in flight.