Sexiest aircraft

Demon-Xanth

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The X-3 has my vote. If it had more powerful engines (ie: ones that met the spec) it would've been one hell of a ride.
 

glenn1

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my vote is in for the AC-130 Specter ("Spooky") link

Aptly knicknamed "the angel of death".
 

JellyBaby

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<< my vote is in for the AC-130 Specter (&quot;Spooky&quot;) link >>

Yes, that bird is &quot;hung&quot; (double hung if you count both the howitzer and smaller 40mm cannon). Kindof kinky I reckon.
 

ElFenix

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am i the only one who thinks that the x-30 &quot;national aerospace plane&quot; and project aurora are very similar?
 

Pocatello

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I think the Spitfires of the 40s were and still the prettiest. The Su-27 and its later cousins are pretty nice too.
 

kami

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The beautiful and powerful A-10 Warthog of course :)

What I like most is it's gun...the 30mm General Electric GAU-80 Gatling Cannon.
It can rip a tank apart like paper.


Bullets anyone?
In the hanger
Flying in the mountains
Another flying shot
Bigass rounds
damn that looks MEAN
Explosive tipped rounds - the aftermath
the gun firing
sketch of &quot;the gun&quot;
Putting &quot;the gun&quot; into perspective!


info on gun:
-Seven barrels
-4,200 rounds per minute (10/sec max per barrel)
-77 horsepower motor is needed to power the gun

ammo:
-High explosive incendiary (HEI), Armor piercing incendiary (API), and Target practice rounds (TP)
-TP rounds carry a 1.5 POUND steel slug, muzzle velocity is 3400 feet/sec
-API rounds can pierce up to 4 inches of heavy armor plating and muzzle velocity is 3200 feet/sec
-HEI's explode on impact and are used to start fires or destroy light armored vehicles, 3300 feet/sec


ok, now tell me that's not the coolest plane on earth?!