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From: wolit@alice.UUCP (Jan Wolitzky)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: More Beautiful Airplanes
Message-ID: <3913@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 09:59:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 09:59:45 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 02:16:04 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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> WHAT???  What do you mean "Who Cares?" for the 'current military'
> category?  These are among the most beautiful aircraft flying!
> Military jet fighters have always been designed to be
> sleek, and more often than not, excite the imagination (as well
> as the enemy.)
>
> 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.

Nah,  I vote for the Stuka.  Who can forget those inspiring newreels
of civilians being machine-gunned by Stukas blasting a path for the
tanks?  Or maybe the B-29...  The image of that beautiful plane
banking away from the mushroom cloud rising proudly over Hiroshima
sure leaves me with a lump in my throat.  On the other hand, I can
remember the excitement I felt while watching on TV as the sleek lines
of an F-4 Phantom streaked across the Cambodian treetops while the
pretty orange and yellow napalm flames bloomed below, and the crispy
kids staggered out a bit later.  That's what those beautiful warbirds
are really all about, isn't it?
-- 
Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; alice!wolit
(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)