In article <t6kn7cheromu36jfhp0bvlf7f1vbmeeun5@astraweb>, Henry says...
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>Miloch maundered:
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>> With the exception of the Spitfire, lack of aesthetics seems
>> to be ingrained in British aircraft design.
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>Pup
>Hart
>S.6
>Mosquito
>Hornet
>Dove
>Hunter
>Canberra
>Comet
>VC10 (the "Beverley-cockpit" you just posted, BTW)
>TSR 2
>Concorde
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>Aircraft are designed not to please the eye but to do a job;
>if they do it's happenchance. You seem to have a bee in
>your bonnet about this.
Mmmmmmm...nope! "to please the eye" is definitely not happenchance.
Aesthetics is a major part of good design.
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