Concorde, Concorde, Concorde...yeah, yeah... Give me the Tu-144 anytime! Gorgeous LOOKING machine. It flew first, went supersonic first, went into service first, crashed first, retired first! All those firsts!!! Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 10:43:33 -0700 >From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Best-looking airliners >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 08:54 AM, Chris Wallace wrote: >> The best looking airliner? The BOAC Super VC-10...without >> question!!! The L-1011 is a close second (but not the - >> 500). > >I'd have to go with the dear, sweet, soon-to-be-lamented Concorde, but >after that, perhaps the Convair 880/990 and -- for some reason it just >looks cool -- the B747SP. > >I always found the big tri-jets a bit ungainly, although the L1011 is >way prettier than the DC10/MD10/MD11. > >-- >Michael C. Berch >mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx