Official or unofficial, air or ground, post some losers.
>>65323968pure sexbubble teardrop canopy, semi-elliptical (!) inverted gull wings, stunningly sleek, decent armament of 2x MGs and 2x cannon, all metal, flush-riveted
>>65323980Australian planes never had a chance.
>>65323968how about subsurface?
Does this count?
>>65324516The An-72's cute american cousin
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>>65323982The B was mid tho, the A was the real star and arguably better than the 109 according to pilots who used both during the Spanish civil war.
XB-51, trijet bomber. The US chose to license build the Canberra.
>>65325115yeah nah mate I don't care about performance and all that (I hear the engines were shit) the look of the thing is just so damn sexyI don't care if it was basically a coupé with a 2-stroke under the bonnet
>>65324516The AMST was never adopted. Neither the YC-14 or YC-15 won.(the later C-17 was a completely different, larger design to new strategic mission requirements and engineering specification)
>>65323980>>65325062F-17 is one of the few competitors that I am glad got a second wind. Pic related is the same.
I cri everytiem
Remember what they took from us.
>>65325591I always liked the AR-10 charging handle more.
>>65325146FOD-Gobbler
>>65326070Sounds too good to be true, but it did won the trials. What killed it (besides end of cold war and US influence) and the massive logistical trail from all the top off the shelf parts.
>>65325146No wonder they went with the Canberra; this monstrosity looks more like a bong design than *it* does.
lost out to the Bf 110
>>65326983is it me or is the shape vaguely reminiscent of a T-34?>>65326989this is pretty sexy too>>65326991but this one, the proportions look weird compared to the artNazi Beaufighter vibes tho
>>65327000>vaguely reminiscent of a T-34?>vaguelyit was basically a T-34 clone with some minor modifications. apparently the MAN offer won partly because of concerns of friendly fire.>>65327000>this is pretty sexyafaik it was technically superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 110, but it used the same engines as the single engine Bf 109 so for industrial reasons the other offer was chosenI think if the Fw 187 had been chosen over the Bf 110 as the Luftwaffe standard heavy fighter, the Luftwaffe might have fared better. The Bf 110 was bad at dogfighting, the Fw 187 might've been more competitive.>>65327000>proportions look weirdit's a different version. Single seat vs double seat.
>>65327037>The Bf 110 was bad at dogfighting, the Fw 187 might've been more competitive.the lesson from WW2 was that ceteris paribus, there's virtually no build of a twin-engine fighter that wouldn't be better or cheaper as a single-engine fighterother than combat radius, and even that was solved towards the end
>>65326989>>65326991Has a similar silhouette to the Beaufighter.
>>65327063the Mosquito and P-38 were quite effective.>>65327066yeah but not as fat
>>65327092>Mosquito and P-38 were quite effectiveas long-range fighters, night-fighters, and as slashing zoom-and-boom types, yes, but again>virtually no build of a twin-engine fighter that wouldn't be better or cheaper as a single-engine fighterand indeed the Tempest was the RAF's post-war prop fighter of choice, and the Mustang for the USAAF
