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On the Ark Royal 50 years ago

Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 18:29
by james84
Here is a great shot published on Airliners.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Nav ... 1975092/L/

(Yes, great shot, but the Gannet is the UGLIEST aircraft every built IMHO :mrgreen: )

Re: On the Ark Royal 50 years ago

Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 18:36
by shaggy22
That's more aircraft in that one shot than the whole of the current navy and air force combined :lol:
james84 wrote:(Yes, great shot, but the Gannet is the UGLIEST aircraft every built IMHO )
You've not seen the MiG25UB then. :smt003

Re: On the Ark Royal 50 years ago

Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 19:43
by james84
shaggy22 wrote:That's more aircraft in that one shot than the whole of the current navy and air force combined :lol:
james84 wrote:(Yes, great shot, but the Gannet is the UGLIEST aircraft every built IMHO )
You've not seen the MiG25UB then. :smt003
Yes I did! And it doesn't look better at all!

Re: On the Ark Royal 50 years ago

Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 19:44
by delbydoo
And to put it into perspective, 50 years before that photograph was taken, folks were flying around in stringbags made up of very little with nothing but wood and maybe a little fabric and a car engine on the front.....sometimes I am amazed at how the human race grows (in one way at least)