The quest for the worst combat aircraft in history...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

What can I nominate that hasn't already been said?

I always bring up the Flying Tent Peg, but it only really sucks if you treat it like a normal plane, and then you suck all the way down to the ground.



You had to get up, whack something and then go down, if you got into a turning dogfight, well then you're going to struggle.

Hardly! 2,575 built for 15 countries hardly seems like a failure.

I nominate the Convair R3Y Tradewind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_R3Y_Tradewind


Nice looking, but horribly unreliable.