I mean no offense, but I've always thought the X-32 looked hideous.

Its like the bastard child of a F-22 and a A-7 with the grace of neither. :doh:

I'm sorry ajrimmer42 but its an aircraft so ugly only its design team could love it. :damn:

The X-32 was a good try for Boeing (after 60 years since its last fighter) but Lockheed's jet was just too well put together. Maybe next time.

lol, I know what you mean, it is pretty ugly (though I think that's why I like it!) but I just think the Lockheed Martin one looks too much like an F22, at least the Boeing one was a bit different :03: Don't get me wrong I do like the F22 but it almost seems a bit lazy on the park of LM that they couldn't change it a bit. And it's not as though all their attention was on the VTOL system as even that had to be extensively modded after the original design, that fan behind the cockpit was added later on after everyone said it would hover with just the rear nozzle lol.

Sorry, I could not resist... :D

http://images.cheezburger.com/comple...d44fc61bcd.jpg


TBH I do have a tender spot for ugly airplanes. ;)


*Chose 2001 since the contract was won that year by Lockheed

I swear that thing looks like a Corsair II.

:timeout: I mentioned that three posts ago... :O:

yes you did - I saw it and somehow thought intruder (a-6) not a7. Well then - fine - I just agree with ya then! Hows that! :yeah::rotfl2:

Thats fine just never mistake an A-6 for an A-7 in my Dad's presence. He will inform you that an A-7 could carry an A-6 as payload. :DL

And he would be right. :03:

Personally I prefer the A-6 it has better sensors, is all weather and can carry Harpoons.

lol, fantastic! :rotfl2:

Heheh. :DL