blues deville Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 ......it's a homely looking beast. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ukraine---Navy/Beriev-Be-12PS-Chaika/1573900/L/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Strong like bull, smart like tractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Looks like some sort of flying-boat, with a MAD boom at the rear... Pretty ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 This is the country that invented UGLY... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 ......it's a homely looking beast. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ukraine---Navy/Beriev-Be-12PS-Chaika/1573900/L/Reminds me of an old girlfriend, (not that I could attract any better), nose, legs, arms etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 More pix of the Chaika here:http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cx=partner-pub-8297169501225184%3Aa05n2n-tzky&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Beriev+Be-12PS+Chaika&sa=Submit&search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&search_field=datedesc&submit= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 More pix of the Chaika here:http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cx=partner-pub-8297169501225184%3Aa05n2n-tzky&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Beriev+Be-12PS+Chaika&sa=Submit&search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&search_field=datedesc&submit=Nice pics moon but it's not getting any prettier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Nice pics moon but it's not getting any prettier. C'mon Blues: Go Ugly Early.Always worked best for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That's a good line Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Definitely a plane.....I think. Antonov An-22 This one has been parked for awhile but apparently just returned to service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 And all the latest technology AN22 .... NATO reporting name "Cock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I like the little extra propellers above the glareshield. Every little bit helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 No one would ever accuse the Russians of including aesthetics in their aircraft design criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 No kidding! That thing makes even a Shorts S330 look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 The nose looks like a 737 (with a moustache and a soul patch!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 18 hours ago, Kip Powick said: Wow, impressive, lots of switches and gauges....do they all actually do things?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 If This EVER Got Out....pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Airplaneski - A documentary on the fall of Aeroflot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSK2gLDpOYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 The Russians have attempted to copy many popular western civil and military aircraft but never seem to get it right. A friend of mine who took the first Dash8 to the Paris Airshow in 1984 told me how some Russian delegates took photos of every square inch of the new dehavilland airplane. Another time in LCA (Larnaca) parking next to an IL-86, I asked a nearby Aeroflot rep if I could have look inside. First thing, the airplane looks like a DC8 had a one nighter with an A310. I boarded through a built-in staircase which came up through the baggage hold to the main cabin deck like walking into a cruise ship. The flight deck was older looking than the exterior appearance with a technology perhaps restricted because they couldn't quite copy the "inside" of their western looking airliners. Huge knobs for radios about the size of a rudder trim switch. Airspeed indicators with big gaps between numbers....0 then 100. In meters. And lots of crew seats. I think I counted 5 crew positions. And of course, the dashboard fans. Seems to be standard gear for their planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Apparently the Russians could build a really good Wing. Just not a good engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Both the Russians and the Chinese seem to lack the capacity for innovation; they have always been and remain 'copycats'. It's a practice that appears most noticeable in their aviation projects, but probably extends into every other area of technical development too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Innovative but def. ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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