Most beautiful warbird/trainer ( 1939-1945 era )
Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:02 am
Here is my candidate !
HANRIOT H 232
HANRIOT H 232
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:01 am
I'll play. The Ryan STM series, evolved into the PT-20, PT-21, PT-22.
Photos by Brian Thomas.
Photos by Brian Thomas.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:12 am
I think he's got ya there Juke. That sorta looks like a flying canole.
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:12 am
I've loved the PT-22 the second I first saw one. I hope to see one fly someday! Soesn't seem to be too many around the Northeast.
I'd have to do some looking around to see if that is truely my pick.
Tim
I'd have to do some looking around to see if that is truely my pick.
Tim
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:16 am
My vote goes to the Fairchild PT-19.
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:25 am
Arado Ar-96
Regards,
Regards,
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:48 am
I'll try again...
That's easy!
PT-22
That's easy!
PT-22
Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:58 am
Come on guys!!!! You all know the Stearman wins hands down! (hehehe) Or at least thats my favorite, even though the Ryan is a nice looking airplane.
Scott.....
Scott.....
Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:06 am
Stearman??????? "Always a brides maid, never a bride"
N3N-3 has got this one!!!!
N3N-3 has got this one!!!!
Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:36 pm
BT-13 Vultee - Hands down.
Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:14 pm
Paul, I think your entry is all full of holes ! 
Stearman is nice, I'll grant you that but the man said "best looking".
I'm not sure what to say about the first entry.
Stearman is nice, I'll grant you that but the man said "best looking".
I'm not sure what to say about the first entry.
Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:37 pm
LOL, so I am biased....LOL!
Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:38 pm
EASY ........AT-10
Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:44 pm
I think I'd have to second the Ryan STM/PT-20 nomination (that being the Menasco-engined, wheel-spatted variant like that gorgeous Dutch-marked restoration near the top of the thread). Wires and fabric AND highly polished alloy, pure "art deco" style.
Stretching things a bit both directions...the Hawker Hart Trainer (a few still active in '39) or the Spitfire TrVIII/T9 (surely on the drawing board in '45, and converted from wartime airframes).
As to that Hanriot twin the thread started with...it isn't that often I see a pic of an airplane of that period and think "what the deuce is that?" For starters I didn't realize Hanriot was still an aircraft manufacturer that late. What a fascinating-looking machine. Do any survive (the Finnish markings suggest something might...rarities seem to "hang on" well in Finland)? And what was its history?
S. (intrigued)
Stretching things a bit both directions...the Hawker Hart Trainer (a few still active in '39) or the Spitfire TrVIII/T9 (surely on the drawing board in '45, and converted from wartime airframes).
As to that Hanriot twin the thread started with...it isn't that often I see a pic of an airplane of that period and think "what the deuce is that?" For starters I didn't realize Hanriot was still an aircraft manufacturer that late. What a fascinating-looking machine. Do any survive (the Finnish markings suggest something might...rarities seem to "hang on" well in Finland)? And what was its history?
S. (intrigued)
Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:54 pm
I've always been partial to the DH-82 Tiger Moth!
It's a sweet looking biplane!
Jerry
It's a sweet looking biplane!
Jerry