Planes That Look Alike

[exhausted]

Thanks for the participation people. Just a couple of notes, I made clear that the similarities must not include developments (MiG-15 and MiG-17, F-86 and FJ-2, MiG-21 and J-7 [licensed, not copied]). Also, this isn't a thread to point fingers at who plagiarized who. It is to point out how the different designers made things that were similar, but different. I encourage ordinance participation too!

 

It's all in the eye of the beholder, so if you're on a high horse about nit picky things then get off it.

NOTICE: I am officially enacting the no posting a reply without a picture comparison.

 

S.73

Ju-52

Edited May 5, 2012 by exhausted

[Viggen]

Two more look alike attack helicopters: Eurocopter Tiger and CAIC WZ-10

 

 

[+Gepard]

The J-7 was never a licence of the MiG-21. The J-6 was the licence of the MiG-19 thats true, but the J-7 was a pure copy.

[Atreides]

Looking at teh Mil and then the Aphace, the Aphace looks quite fragile in terms of armour.

[+MigBuster]

The Falcon and her cousins.

 

One other:

 

[exhausted]

Looking at teh Mil and then the Aphace, the Aphace looks quite fragile in terms of armour.

 

Seems like it's time for a new chopper in the Army. But try to tell the Marines that about their Cobras and they'll laugh...

 

Pulqui II

 

 

La-15

Edited May 7, 2012 by exhausted

[exhausted]

Soko G-4

 

 

BAe Hawk

 

Edited May 7, 2012 by exhausted

[MAKO69]

One other:

 

 

 

Had it the plane at the bottom of my post is a head on T-50 used that to show the likeness of the T-50 to the Falcon.

[+MigBuster]

Had it the plane at the bottom of my post is a head on T-50 used that to show the likeness of the T-50 to the Falcon.

 

 

The greyness threw me - thought it was the JF-17 Thunder

 

 

so another one:

 

[+MigBuster]

 

 

[+hgbn]

 

C-123 Provider

 

 

C-160 Transall

 

 

G-222 Spartan

[exhausted]

There ya go! Those are some really good ones!

 

G.91

 

F-86 Dog

 

[Atreides]

Seems like it's time for a new chopper in the Army. But try to tell the Marines that about their Cobras and they'll laugh...

 

I didn't mean to offend, apologise if I came across as that, far from it, as I said it looks as it might or is a bit weaker in terms of armour as it (Apache) is older than the latest Mil-28 flavour.

 

EDIT: Doubt that there is an aircraft that comes even close to my all time favourite, the superb SR-71 !

Edited May 10, 2012 by Atreides

[exhausted]

There was never any offense taken! :)

 

I think the M-21 looks similar!

 

Here's a couple new ones:

 

 

Buran:

[+Gepard]

Its the question who developed the design of the shuttle first.

Here a picture of a windtunnelmodell of the Buran (kosmolet) with the first soviet cosmonauts (Gagarin, Bykovski, Nikolayev etc).

 

 

Must be taken before Gagarin died, around 1966. At this time the american shuttle projects had a different shape.

I think this design layout is the best for reusable spacecrafts. The european Hermes had had nearly the same outfit.

 

Edited May 11, 2012 by Gepard

[+SayethWhaaaa]

DC-8

 

 

Boeing 707

 

 

and Convair 880

 

 

On a side note Hgbn, what's the story with that G-222 with the Aussie flag and K-roo?

[+Spillone104]

I think the Aussie flag on the G.222 was applied during the operation at Timor Est in 1999 since they operated from Darwin.

[+SayethWhaaaa]

Cheers Spill. I was thinking maybe Italy had tried to sell us the G-222 early in our Caribou replacement program or something.

[exhausted]

Bump!

[Caesar]

Fun fact: we still use a Douglas DC-8 to transport personnel to and from Thule AB. It likes to "break" in Florida during the winter months (earning the name "DC-Late")...strange it never broke on island.

[exhausted]

Interesting. We are all alike in that way. Nothing ever broke in Yuma! lol

 

Isn't Rome where they had Woodstock?

[Caesar]

Yep, held at a former SAC base! (at least for W2000, it was a former SAC base). Still have the AFRL directorate there, though.

[exhausted]

Bumpity bump bump mother truckers!

 

Ki-48

 

Maryland

Edited June 11, 2012 by exhausted

[PraetorH]

G.91

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Fiat_g91_jaboG33.jpg/800px-Fiat_g91_jaboG33.jpg

 

F-86 Dog

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/German_F-86K_JG_74_on_runway_1965.jpg

 

 

I also had to think on these two when reading the thread title!

Funny enough, they look alike but have vastly different mission profiles, equipment and flying characteristics.

[Toryu]

Fiat had built the F-86 under licence in Italy. Thus, they used a similar general design-layout on the G.91.

 

The mission-profiles are vastly different, but the general performance is about similar (talking about the plain-vanilla F-86, not the afterburnerized Dog Sabre).