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Have you ever wondered what were the World's most useless/horrible aircraft?

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Published Mon, Feb 25 2008 1:20 AM

Given that many of us are pondering deeply over the 'Greatest 100', it struck me that, as a light-hearted relief from this self-imposed mental task, it just might interest quite a number of you to consider just which were the most horrible, utterly useless, ineffective aircraft ever to go into production and enter either military or civil service? I believe there are many candidates for this accolade and I hasten to say that one intends no disrespect to their designers for, as we well know, Govt. interference and the rigid setting of impractical specifications, has often led to rather poor, or even bizarre results! There have been many aircraft that suffered badly as a result of having been "designed by a committee". I also should stress that these abominations have occurred in all aircraft producing nations so it is no shame to look back at one's own homeland and smile at some of the simply 'orrible creations that have (un) graced our skies. Anyway, aviation enthusiasts, it is just an idea and may well wither on the metaphorical vine. What think ye? 

by dakota67

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# Chipmunker said on 25 February 2008 20:51

Hey Mike,

great to see you blogging. think Maverick might start promoting your posts on the AirSpace home page.

might be an idea to tag up your posts with a couple of relevant keywords each time. That way they get picked up by users browsing by search term, as well as being more friendly for search engines such as Google.

Keep up the good work!

Chipmunker

# airlinescapee said on 27 February 2008 05:50

In my opinion the B-2 bomber, while not strictly useless, was so expensive to build and performs so limited a function, as to rank low on the value for the money scale.        It cost so much, no one feels comfortable deploying it far from its' homebase.

How about the Russian Ground effect planes (Ekronoplanes?) produced during the cold war.  How many people wish they had one of their own?

# dakota67 said on 27 February 2008 22:13

Now that is an interesting start above. I am working away on the text for an entry on the Blackburn Roc; a type which has long interested me. It is going to take a while as, the more I delve, the more useless and ludicrous the machine appears to be.You might like to Google it and prepare to be amazed.

# Jetwashed - The latest developments from AirSpace said on 04 March 2008 11:49

Blogging may seema new fangled thing but it really is an area for you to discuss and debate opinions