Single or twin seat?

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phreakf4 wrote:I also think the T-33 was/is much better than the P-80/F-80.


I like the T-33 but I don’t think it’s any better looking than the P-80.

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I always thought that the 2-seat F-100 Super Sabre was better looking than the single-seat version.

But the 2-seat TF-86 Sabre just looks wrong; maybe that's why they only built a couple of them.

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And for those that have seen it, The one YA-10B looks a whole bag of wrong!

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Prowler's pig-ugly compared to the Intruder.
2-seater F-104s, F-105s, Jaguars & Harriers are pig-ugly compared to their single-seater counterparts ( and the bubble-canopy Harrier is pig-ugly compared to the original canopy )
That said, I think the 2-seater Typhoon looks better than the single-seater.
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cg_341 wrote:All aircraft work better as a twin-stick and nothing you can say can change my mind on that.

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Wissam24 wrote:
cg_341 wrote:All aircraft work better as a twin-stick and nothing you can say can change my mind on that.

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TU-2S, Typhoon, Harrier... But I agree with you, the MiG-25PU is godawful.

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Pringles wrote:IMO (and it might be sacrilegious) but the Mirage 2000 is jaw-droppingly beautiful as a twin-seat, and far less sleek and more ugly as a single seat.


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Wissam24 wrote:
Pringles wrote:IMO (and it might be sacrilegious) but the Mirage 2000 is jaw-droppingly beautiful as a twin-seat, and far less sleek and more ugly as a single seat.


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Yes. It is the only thing to be done in this case.

The Mirage 2000 (single-seater) is one of the best looking fighter jets ever built.

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Spiny Norman wrote:
Wissam24 wrote:
Pringles wrote:IMO (and it might be sacrilegious) but the Mirage 2000 is jaw-droppingly beautiful as a twin-seat, and far less sleek and more ugly as a single seat.


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Yes. It is the only thing to be done in this case.

The Mirage 2000 (single-seater) is one of the best looking fighter jets ever built.


The twin seat is better though...
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^^^^

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Wissam24 wrote:
cg_341 wrote:All aircraft work better as a twin-stick and nothing you can say can change my mind on that.

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I wonder what a twin seat Buccaneer would look like? A bit surprised they never made one, considering most other single seaters were 'dualed'.

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Andover wrote:I wonder what a twin seat Buccaneer would look like? A bit surprised they never made one, considering most other single seaters were 'dualed'.


A hunter!. I belive only a handful of buccaneers had dual controls so they used hawker hunters as trainers for the bucc fleet.

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The Baron wrote:
Spiny Norman wrote:
Wissam24 wrote:
Pringles wrote:IMO (and it might be sacrilegious) but the Mirage 2000 is jaw-droppingly beautiful as a twin-seat, and far less sleek and more ugly as a single seat.


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Yes. It is the only thing to be done in this case.

The Mirage 2000 (single-seater) is one of the best looking fighter jets ever built.


The twin seat is better though...


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Steve p wrote:
Andover wrote:I wonder what a twin seat Buccaneer would look like? A bit surprised they never made one, considering most other single seaters were 'dualed'.


A hunter!. I belive only a handful of buccaneers had dual controls so they used hawker hunters as trainers for the bucc fleet.

I don't understand - the Bucc was a 2 seater?? :dizzy: There were no twin stick Buccs, hence the use of Hunters...
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Quite! A significant dilution of the terminology defining seats & 'dual control' I feel. :facepalm: If you look at a Bucc' with the single canopy slid-back & imagine the space forward as canopy, that's about the worst it would look? Clearly, within the context of short & tall aircrew there must be a view forward from the Nav's (potential Instructors?) rear seat as they provided a separate wrap-around visor screen. However had they made a 'twin-stick', I doubt it would've looked hardly any different & by definition a great looking Brick! :grin: