The M-15 is still uglier. Also intended as a cropduster, though unlike the AirTruk it was really bad at that job in every way.

RealityVoid 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I have a lot of fondness for the AN-2 that this airplane aimed to replace.

That is, as well, an ugly plane, but once I parachuted out of one a couple of times, it grew on me.

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spankibalt 7 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You are off your rocker dude; the Belphegor is weird, but certainly not ugly. You want certified ugly? You'll find it under the synonym DFW T.28 Floh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFW_Floh

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EdwardDiego 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'll raise you the Blackburn B-54 [0] and the Fairey Gannet [1].

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_B-54

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet

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taylorius 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And I shall raise you the Stipa Caproni

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/05/13/the-strange-barrel...

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fwipsy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The fairy gannet looks like two smaller airplanes clipping into each other. It looks like an AI from ten years ago generated an image of an airplane. It looks like they hired engineers who got their degrees in Kerbal Space Program and then paid them by the hour. "Even if it's broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."

The Belphegor is still uglier though.

	▲	EdwardDiego 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Now that I googled more pictures of it, I agree, the one in Wikipedia is obviously it's most flattering angle, looks almost... Rutanesque. This photo though, I see what you mean. https://old.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/z3envi/the_pzl_m1...

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NegativeLatency 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet_AEW.3

The AEW version looks ok

	▲	EdwardDiego 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah they improved it on the AEW, looks far less bubonic.

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somat 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

here is a great video documentary on the m-15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlyO9cJ8hiQ (Alexander the ok: PZL Mielec M-15: One of the Aircraft of All Time)

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dylan604 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That image made me smile. Yeah, it would be bad at being a plane with poles attached to it like that. I'll see myself out now