This, called the Short Seamew, was a prototype submarine hunter. I have never seen this before… (a bit of a Gannet, it is)
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Definitely a contender for the
“Ugliest Aircraft of the Century” award …
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Like the evolution of the Dinosaur, to reach a sustainable model there were many false starts down the evolutionary tree.
No, I think the PL-12 Airtruk has that one locked up.
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H.P.
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Was the Il-20 the inspiration for the designers of the Seameew
or could two groups of designers have, independently, come up
with such similar monstrosities?
The IL-20 was designed in 1948 as a heavily armored ground-attack aircraft to replace the Sturmovik, it predated the Seamew by about 3 years…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-20_(1948)
H.P
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OMG! Landing approach must have been terrifying! Taxiing couldn’t have been much better . . . hope this wasn’t a carrier plane 
Cajun 
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Not what you’d call movie star looks, but a movie star nonetheless…
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Goodbye, Soldier Scene (9/9) | Movieclips
Cheers,
M
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