Good looking airliners? It really boils down to only two choices: Prop: Connie Jet: Concorde. All others are poseurs. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wallace" <edwardwallace@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 3:57 PM Subject: Re: Best-looking airliners > 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 >