France's Top 10 UGLIEST Aircraft

Today we take a look at 10 of the ugliest aircraft to grace the skies of France! French aviation is well known for creating some...ahem...curious oddities, and this video will showcase some of the more visually horrifying examples.
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Producing these videos is a hobby of mine - and apparently its now a full-time job too! I have a passion for history, and personally own a large collection of books, journals and other texts, and endeavor to do as much research as possible. However if there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to reach out and correct anything :)

[@RexsHangar]

The baguette was strong with this one... F.A.Q Section Q: Do you take aircraft requests? A: I have a list of aircraft I plan to cover, but feel free to add to it with suggestions:) Q: Why do you use imperial measurements for some videos, and metric for others? A: I do this based on country of manufacture. Imperial measurements for Britain and the U.S, metric for the rest of the world, but I include text in my videos that convert it for both. Q: Will you include video footage in your videos, or just photos? A: Video footage is very expensive to licence, if I can find footage in the public domain I will try to use it, but a lot of it is hoarded by licencing studies (British Pathe, Periscope films etc). In the future I may be able to afford clips :) Q: Why do you sometimes feature images/screenshots from flight simulators? A: Sometimes there are not a lot of photos available for certain aircraft, so I substitute this with digital images that are as accurate as possible. Feel free to leave you questions below - I may not be able to answer all of them, but I will keep my eyes open :)

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Martin-Baker series of aircraft to the astounding piston MB5a, then might as well add when they went to rocket seats, for jets. Yes? 🙂😎

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Baguettes? They look all like flying croissants! 😁👍

[@brendonbewersdorf986]

I noticed the farman 160 snuck into the video when you were on the number 1 spot I hope it gets its own video someday!

[@Sportsvee]

Mile's aerovan. That seemed so practical i don't get how it didn't succeed 🤷‍♂️

[@fireshadow7598]

Where can we find the suggestions list/where can we put suggestions ?

[@madzen112]

Aesthetics aside, you gotta respect a community that actually values experimental designs as the aviation community does

[@todaywefly4370]

Used to mate. You’d go a long way to find anyone doing commercial experimentation these days.

[@madzen112]

@@todaywefly4370 Indeed, but that shouldn't stop the amateurs. And hope that even the people in Airbus or Boeings commercial divisions can appreciate the people who give it a shot.

[@todaywefly4370]

@@madzen112 The drone guys aren't doing too bad either😁

[@dieselscience]

MOST of these are so hideous, there is _no_ 'aesthetics aside.'

[@adamfrazer5150]

Much agreed - I look at designs from over the world and it makes you grateful that we have our different visions 👍

[@didierrichard2486]

As a Frenchman and an aviation enthusiast, I am grateful to those crazy people who dared to try, sometimes at the risk of their lives, without worrying about the sarcasm of Twitter and Facebook. Thank you for bringing them back to our memory. Those who have brought the most madness to aviation are also those who have opened up new paths in design and technology. Often, success is only a matter of perseverance.

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

The “sarcasm of KZbin” is often the most entertaining part of these presentations.

[@baubelepreux1561]

Dans les années 50, les avions Leduc étaient les seuls à utiliser un statoréacteur comme mode de propulsion. J'ai toujours été sidéré de voir que ces avions volaient grâce à un tube... vide !

[@SephirothRyu]

I notice that a fair number of the aircraft of this list were functional and effective. Are the French people secretly 40k space Orks? Are their aircraft powered by the "WAAAAGH!!!"? If so, paint your aircraft yellow, red, and maybe a bit of blue for good luck, and you can basically take the planet.

[@MGMan-ce7sf]

Thank you for making this comment M. Richard! As fans of aviation and particularly aviation history, I believe all of us viewing Rex's Hangar and other similar channels acknowledge and appreciate the indelible and undeniable contribution the French nation has made to aeronautics. As an American, I can't but help but point out the fact that my countrymen flew Spads and Nieuports in WWI. As an aerospace engineer myself, you are completely correct that only those who take risks make any kind of advancement. Having said all that, this was a completely fun video and I hope Rex targets other nationalities soon! Vive la France!

[@Bambihunter1971]

@didierichard2486 I don't think most people are making fun of France or the designers. One can make light of the designs now and think they are ugly and yet not dismiss the designers will, courage, or vision to create something new. In what has became a "cookie-cutter" world where largely one thing looks like the next in most every industry, it is fun to see people thinking outside the box; even if it did not turn out to be successful.

[@TacCapi_83]

The Farman F.120 is well named. Here in Brazil, Jaburu (Jabiru's local name) is a slang for something extremely ugly.

[@peterpenberthy2918]

The Jabirus here in Australia aren't any better to look at either.

[@ryusantos6145]

The bird looks better than the plane. At least.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Hey uncool

[@eviljesus84]

@@peterpenberthy2918 Australian Jabirus just look like Cessna knockoffs

[@GhostBear3067]

Always called those birds tuiuiús

[@wulferikgebhardt5312]

Actually, I really like those ASW chonkers like the Alize and Gannet. I don't think they're ugly, just a different breed from sleek fighters. Like a Newfoundlander compared to a Greyhound.

[@KyriosMirage]

They don't exactly need to do Mach in order to catch submarines, either.

[@Claymore1944]

or a b24 compared to a b29 or b17

[@Fuji086]

Alize looks kinda cute. At least I think so.

[@emjackson2289]

Id wager an Alize or Gannet could have made plenty mess of a Ka25 or Ka27 chopper too

[@alecfoster4413]

@@KyriosMirage Yep! On the contrary, they need loitering ability.

[@Jimorian]

Finally a suitable companion video to Drachnifel's French Pre-Dreadnaught offering!

[@mbryson2899]

I thought the same!

[@UnconsciousCompetence]

When hotels fly into battle...

[@KanJonathan]

Your guys beat me to it.

[@enjibkk6850]

Hahaha beat me there 🤣 when he mentioned the greenhouse that immediately lead me to think of the hotels

[@brianreddeman951]

If only they kept and modernized the design it might have become a floating combat hotel with flying greenhouse escort.

[@doankhang9496]

Ahhhh! Finally a French aircraft video. Also I don't think the Breguet Alize(number 9) look that bad. Actually, I think it's actually look quite good

[@gordonprice695]

Looks a LOT better than the Gannet, that's for sure.

[@martijn9568]

​@@gordonprice695 The Gannet looks fine tho

[@robertdragoff6909]

They were built for scouting After locating a Soviet submarine they could use their range to shadow it or their weapons to destroy it!

[@braindeadjet8086]

I think number 7 actually looks quite pretty, albeit the croissant look it carried a nice array of weapons and flush curves.

[@rich7787]

I don’t like the way it looks, but compared to the rest of these planes, it’s a downright looker!

[@matydrum]

My grand father who died last year was an engineer on the development of the very first french jets! Ouragan and vautour! Thanks for him!

[@wormyboot]

I'm a student pilot, and I'm really enjoying that I can tell where the central idea was for (almost) each plane. They're super fascinating designs and had France not fallen during WWII, the world of aviation would've had so many more cool ideas.

[@markfryer9880]

Cool idea or cruel fate for their crews?

[@TheKenji2221]

​@@markfryer9880 Not worse than what the US and USSR did to these poor bastards

[@cjwrench07]

This is exactly why spreading out information access is so important today. Some kid, who is seriously passionate about aircraft, could be the next Kelly Johnson, Marcel Bloch, or the unknown designer who made the (7/8ths scale) Qahir-313. If they had access to the necessary information.

[@JTA1961]

Ifn they haddent had their heads so far up their Keisters designing total lunacy they might NOT have fallen in the first place.

[@AnEagle]

​@@JTA1961well the bigger problem was the Maginot line, and the British bring totally useless until they were on home soil and protected by the sea

[@timsmith5339]

The resemblance between the Breguet Elise and the Fairy Gannet is uncanny. Their long and successful service lives and both being well loved by their crews suggests there were good reasons to look like that. I can't wait for that comparative video, hint hint!

[@kevindolin4315]

They were the aviation equivalent of convergent evolution. Two aircraft designed to carry out identical missions tend to look similar. Darwin would have been ever so pleased by this.

[@kevindolin4315]

@Retired Bore Indeed. Were Darwin alive I can just see him with a smug look on his face and thinking " See? Evolution works in all areas." :0)

[@Demun1649]

@@kevindolin4315 Did he ever actually think that? I've read "Origins" 4 times, cover to cover, and I don't recall that line??

[@christopherebeyrol4553]

Come on,... the Gannett !

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Oh god, just image the anime that would accrue if the Japanese made the Allize and Gannet sentient!

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

I love the fact that the French did not shy away from trying new designs, no matter how outrageous they looked.

[@poscarlima]

The last flying Alize is stored at the place i work. Always looked weird to me but always got great feedback of it from veterans and enthusiasts

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

As a Frenchman I admire your research and expertise. I spent many hours as a boy watching Alphajets from the Tours training school flying above the Loire Valley skies... On a lucky day we'd see a Mirage or two... And on the best day of all, we saw one of the last Crusaders from the Flotille 12F... Thank you ever so much for bringing back some very nice memories...

[@tholmes2169]

Would have been wonderful to see those aircraft. I’ve always loved the Mirage and Crusaders.

[@johnfriend240]

A college buddy served as president of the Citroën Car Club (US). His favorite tee-shirt was "I think your car looks funny too!" might need an aeronautical version.

[@adastra5889]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the Jabiru was an art deco masterpiece and the three engined F.4X version being the art deco hooligan of the family.

[@Raoul_Volfoni]

I almost agree except for the #10, the Leduc. It is not really an ugly plane. It is rather weird... And beeing french and living in the same city as Leduc lived, I am keen of his experimental aircrafts. It is unique, one of the very first ram jet. René Leduc pioneered ram jet aircrafts, a little bit too much in advance on his time. Great video, I discovered most of these aicrafts

[@tetraxis3011]

Bro made a supersonic soda can.

[@williamnixon3994]

I feel like a lot of #2's problems stem from having the cockpit on top. Deleting that, and putting him in tandem with what I presume is the navigator's station would've helped out a lot. Add on retractable landing gear as well, and you would've had a pretty decent looking aircraft

[@southronjr1570]

#7 gives a while new meaning to "3 point landing" could you imagine trying to get that thing down in high winds or with battle damage, not to mention the training accidents that were inevitable.

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Imagine getting down any battle damaged aircraft. Obiously there was no problem (or not too many problems) with it, otherwise they would not have chosen it for production. That said, they were still French, so ...

[@__-fm5qv]

honestly I'd just try to belly land it at that point

[@malcolmcarter1726]

The Arsenal- Delanne 10 design was also used in the twin-wing Westland Lysander. Also to no avail! Another interesting Westland type was the hill Pteradactyl.

[@jklmnopski7421]

I love the beautiful design of the Sud-Est Grognard, even though the wings look a bit small compared to the size of the fuselage. Also the Loire 130 looks like a flying locomotive.

[@rerd6614]

Love the Amiot greenhouse for some strange reason. It's so ugly funny, that it's actually lovely, and - in my opinion - fares on paper not too bad compared to the contemporary HP52 Heyford.

[@morteforte7033]

I'd bought a large book on aircraft long ago, and found myself fascinated by the French WW2 aircraft shown in it...all ones I'd just never seen in any books before.(some on this list) honestly I love that you tend to cover alot of the interwar aircraft, as those tend to be the more interesting ( and in some cases, comical) aircraft. Keep up the good work!

[@gsyt2356]

Imma be real with you, there's a reason why they don't show those planes

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

France, especially during the interwar years, created some of the most beautiful, and at the same time fascinatingly ugly aircraft in the world. I love the fact that they went down their own path, instead of just following everybody else. As you said uniquely, unapologetically, and I would add, downright amazing French.

[@alfnoakes392]

Absolutely agree. I speak as someone who fondly remembers their first car, a Citroen 2CV.

[@kylebrady969]

As they say, "The French copy no one and no one copies the French."

[@kayzenl7911]

@@alfnoakes392 well the french pretty much invented automobiles back in the 18th century with the first car accident happening in Paris before the revolution. Before WW2 the french automobile industry was the strongest on earth in terms of design, technology and superiority of speed, comfort etc.. These guys were pushing far away until Germany went full crazy and literally steal all the machining tools from the french.

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

france it was nothing in war plane sorry

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

@@gusgus-yp6qh Well Gus Gus, I think you totally missed the point of my comment. And in the plane story, as you put it, France was actually at the point of the spear, so to speak, after the Wright brothers proved that heavier than air flight was possible. The French aircraft industry for many years led the way, with many firsts, partly because of World War 1. So I have to disagree with what you said, about them being nothing.

[@mpersad]

Another terrifically interesting and entertaining video from this great channel. Top work Rex!

[@aussiedrifter]

G'day Mate, I am constantly surprised, amazed & con-fuddled by the vast array of odd shapes, designs & total weirdness that man can actually get off the ground.

[@roadsweeper1]

strap enough horsepower to something, and you can make just about anything fly... for a short while anyway :)

[@DIREWOLFx75]

@@roadsweeper1 It's how you show off who's the best designer of course! The more absurd you can make your plane look and still fly well? Clearly that takes skill!

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

"Thrust triumphs over aerodynamics"

[@markfryer9880]

@@5peciesunkn0wn Wasn't that the F-104 Starfighter motto?

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@markfryer9880 Nope. That was the F-14 Phantom's lol

[@jimskelton8197]

Ouch, but true. Well done mate.

[@jessmarks2214]

Rex... you've excelled yet again! Humour, great references and facts!... keep it going mate!

[@tkskagen]

To be honest, the "Grognard" actually looks futuristic for its time. Resembles a F-16 Fighting Falcon, that was overturned! And the Bleriot 125 looks as if it where a Bloated Cattermeran (twin bow sailboat) with wings...

[@kidmohair8151]

sidenote: the name is a reference to the Imperial Old Guard of Napoleon, and means "grumbler"

[@MusingMageofDisney]

Catamaran?

[@aidanpysher2764]

If the Grognard looks like the F-16, you should check out the Nord 1500 Griffon.

[@canerguener8664]

​@@aidanpysher2764Thx. Looks like a socialist F-16.

[@paolorui5897]

Thank you Dr.Rex; nice documentary as ever. However I have to say that once I saw the Bleriot 125, I was impressed by its originality and liked it very much in spite of its engineering failure. It's one of those cases when one wishes they had found a solution to make it a successful though different aircraft.

[@williamgalbraith3621]

"Unique and terrifying", indeed! Good work Rex & Company!

[@markfryer9880]

Thanks for making this comment! I'm too shocked to actually think of a good comment!

[@jamescraig4479]

YES! You covered the Grognard! I was hoping you would... I have the Mach 2 resin kit of this bird... It's fugly, but in a futuristic way!

[@irishrover4658]

Well done!! Your voiceover as always was great!!

[@chrisamies2141]

A good set of weird-looking planes. Very glad the Jabiru made it to no. 1. I wondered, what about the Vedovelli Fantome, which looked like not so much a plane, more like the contents of a timber & hardware store.

[@thomasmallon9107]

I saw a photo of the Fantome😆, and I can't tell if this was before or after the crash.

[@kroktal8896]

The Vedovelli Fantome sits at no. 0, my eyes cannot comprehend this

[@jamescraig4479]

I just saw this monstrosity on the web... please God... make it go away! 😢😢😢

[@alexandremarcelino7360]

Eu sou um entusiasta da aviação! E a maioria dos aviões que aparecem aqui no canal eu ainda não conhecia, incrível! Gratidão pelo vídeo e pelas informações! 🌟

[@lawrencebaldwin3454]

Rex...........I do love your dry sense of humour, The video made me chuckle throughout!

[@olinxy6886]

I think I discovered a great aviation channel today! Nice video!

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

The Breguet Alizée proved to be a highly reliable Aircraft. It also does not look ugly.

[@ideadlift20kg83]

Leduc 022 looks kinda cool imo. Looking at models and art pieces of it reminds me of atomic era design.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

Looks like Thunderbird 1

[@ideadlift20kg83]

@@user-do5zk6jh1k Yeah it does, haha.

[@datathunderstorm]

Brilliant video! That first aircraft with the pilot housed in the pointed peak of the air intake does remind one of…….Gerry Anderson’s “Thunderbird One” in a convoluted sort of way. The aircraft that looked like a Baguette with rear bogies incorporated into the rear fins has the silhouette of “Thunderbird Two”. Another aircraft - the first swept wing with the air intake on top looks like an early prototype of the Angel Interceptor from the “Captain Scarlet” series! The last aircraft was an abomination (as were a few others), and I was sorely tempted to wash my eyes out with Carbolic Soap….!!! 😅 Brilliant stuff, Rex! More of the same, please….!!! 😃👍🏾

[@kringe700]

I'm afraid that you can made it a top 100 list instead of 10 and you can still fill the entire list with different kinds of hideous aircraft, while still having tons of the less eye-damaging models out there. As a random quote said "The French copied no one, and no one copied the French."

[@mpetersen6]

With good reason

[@canicheenrage]

@@mpetersen6 Except it complete rubbish.

[@laurentrebern9190]

​@@canicheenrageTiens , un français ! On se sent un peu seul ici dans ce déluge fr-bashing , manque souvent de l'humour...

[@zendell37]

I like some of these designs because they took an interesting approach. There are several things we interact with daily that adhere to strict design decisions, following "rules" across all examples even though they truly aren't requirements. These, and many other french designs, seem to be a challenge. "What if we ignored this particular requirement" they said to themselves. "Well, why don't we?". I love many french firearm designs because of this. You don't see it anywhere else

[@SanderAnderon]

bravo! Hilarious, yet somehow also respectful, commentary and soundtrack, well done.

[@Rincypoopoo]

Brilliant. And more to come... Thanks matey.

[@FTBonito]

Once again, great video. You should also look into the Bugatti model 100 racer! Thats worth a feature film on its own!

[@Tetemovies4]

For action, there is a reaction. For every Mirage III and Caravelle there is a Leduc 02 and a Farman F.120

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

These are easily my favorite videos from you, hope to see more of them.

[@plum_pie6402]

I havent watched one of your videos in a while. What a great video!

[@admiraltiberius1989]

Greetings from Louisiana ⚜ Rex. Definitely excited to watch this. If you want to see something like a Naval equivalent, go watch Drachs video on French pre Dreadnoughts. You'll regret it pretty immediately. The French are just weird.

[@Maritimesgestein]

I didn't know the French had Predreadnoughts. I thought those were hotels on a boat.

[@admiraltiberius1989]

@@Maritimesgestein touche indeed

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

@@admiraltiberius1989 Just a mere scratch. (mon ami)

[@jonmcgee6987]

Maybe it was just some really bad cheese and wine the designers had before starting on their projects.

[@patolt1628]

French are weird ... so are you. Keep in mind that for the French (I'm a Frenchman) the anglo-saxons appear to be very weird and not only with regards to aviation products, it's a very relative notion. We even say sometimes (in the aviation world): if it's ugly, it's British (Gannett, Argosy, Islander, Skyvan, Nimrod and so many others...) or ... Russian. So be careful with these kind of statements.

[@tench745]

The Sud est Grognard somehow reminds me of the stealth fighters developed in the 90's, like the Bird of Prey.

[@m.i.andersen8167]

After watching the video, I couldn't help but think about the best and biggest aviation museum I've ever visited: "Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace" in Paris. A fantastic collection, and a fantastic experience. Can absolutely be recommended.

[@Piero71]

Your sense of humor is very fine. You made my week. Greetings from Buenos Aires...

[@lucasokeefe7935]

I'm fairly certain the French were simply trying to invent the electric shaver with the Jabiru EDIT: Oddly, the first electric shavers were created around the same time! Which is hysterical.

[@KitKabinet]

Love the second instalment of this series, although I disagree on the S.E. 100 in this list (#7). Unorthodox? Why yes. 🤨 Ugly? Not on your life! 😍 Great channel, kutgw! 👍

[@ralphgarrett9034]

Love unusual/ugly airplanes, I can’t wait to see more about them . Thank You

[@VikingTeddy]

This was really enjoyable. You have a very smooth and charismatic voice. If it wasn't such a fascinating topic, I would've been lulled to sleep.

[@donjones4719]

This comments section shows what a memorable success Drachinifel's "When Hotels Go to War" video is. Everyone loves the French pre-Dreadnaughts - especially if you're going to fight one. Some look ready to fire a 100-gun broadside.

[@brunol-p_g8800]

He should make the same video on British ships at the time, their designs were to said the least “very questionable”. But I saw that while he tends to bash against non British ships, he tends to hide the British ones under the carpet as if they didn’t exist.

[@donjones4719]

@@brunol-p_g8800 The "hotels" take was based a lot on looks - they do look funny, even absurd, compared to any other navy. The Brits made mistakes sometimes but overall were definitely better than the French.

[@parrotraiser6541]

This title must have been hard to limit to only 10. It's like choosing from Fairey types or RN machines (2 overlapping categories of gruesome.) Did anyone else feel the ghost of the Flying Flea hovering over that tandem-wing thing?

[@nidgem7171]

Your intros just get better and better. This may well be the best to date.

[@SoleilRouge30]

"...a moldy piece of Brie..." I barelly fell off my armchair laughing because of that last one. Brilliant, I love your sense of humour ! Each of the comparison you made was equally funny and accurate ! Great channel !

[@kroktal8896]

In the first version of the Leduc, the pilot was inside the ramjet intake

[@theussmirage]

Ejections must have been fun

[@TheDkeeler]

I believe there is beauty in ugliness. I love the Amiot 143. I built the Heller kit ten years ago. I would describe as handsome in a stoic way.

[@acajutla]

Extreme designs make very satisfying scale modeling.

[@rjbartrop2]

Working on the Heller kit right now. It's (ahem) unique looks were what made me buy it in the first place.

[@TheDkeeler]

@@rjbartrop2 All those windows crammed in such a narrow fuselage can present difficulties. I was worried i might accidentally punch those windows loose inside the fuselage but managed all right.

[@TheDkeeler]

Speaking of extreme designs I built the AMT Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing a year ago. Pretty cool model I recommend.

[@samarkand1585]

You made this baguette here proud, and honestly your butchering of names wasn't as bad as I feared and am used to, so you got that going for you too

[@salvagedb2470]

" Areodynamics of a Brick " to a " Poor mans A10 " , After a dull wet day Rex cheers you up no end..

[@track1219]

With a forty year career and 1800 mile range, #9 actually must have been a pretty good airplane.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

Great plane really. Retired in the year 2000. Had they started with a little bit more speed, they might have lasted even longer.

[@marek9784]

And doesn't even look ugly in my opinion.

[@glhx2112]

Yeah, we need somebody to make 1/72 & 1/48 kits of the Jabiru. For study purposes of course. 😁

[@joebuchanan3808]

Loved your video and funny narration : )

[@Dani-hx6ws]

Congratolations on 101k subscribers!

[@lafeelabriel]

Fun fact: I actually have the no 3 sitting in my hangar in WoWP. Those images don't do it's uglyness justice, that's all I am going to say.

[@Baron-Ortega]

Lol

[@Saturnus_Ouranos]

13:35 That plane looks suspiciously like the Sikorsky Ilya muromets of Imperial Russia Edit: Spelling and grammar

[@wormyboot]

This is a really good video to drink to. I really enjoy your writing.

[@conradnelson5283]

One of your most entertaining efforts. Thank you

[@jayg1438]

Rex carrying on the British traditions of poking fun of the French and understated humor. For another good military review of the Brits poking fun of the French see Drachinifel's video about French Battleships: When Hotels Go To War

[@LukeBunyip]

Rex is Australian.

[@jimihendrix991]

Rex is Australian, NOT British.

[@enjibkk6850]

Post WW2 English designs don't have much to brag about IMHO :)

[@alexglanowski695]

I'm a firm believer that if it works than it's not ugly. Clearly I forgot about the French 🤣 I gotta know though, how long did this video take to make? All the jokes you slipped in would've had me laughing hysterically if I were narrating. Great job!

[@bgdavenport]

Your commentary was brilliant. I may just subscribe.

[@leezinke4351]

Great video!

[@lafeelabriel]

No lack of uglyness to choose from, especially in the interwar period.

[@Dushmann_]

"the French copy nobody - and nobody copies the French"

[@adrianrutterford762]

Wonderful!!! Thanks Rex.

[@d.haroldangel241]

More than enough for a full minute of NONSTOP LAUGHTER.

[@lorenzor2555]

French made probably both the ugliest and the most beautiful aircrafts ever. Well, apart from the gorgeus Mirages, most were utterly ugly, especially in the interwar period. Same with cars design, especially in 50s and 60s: They made the Citroen DS (well, actually an italian designer). But also a pletora of hideus cars like the Citroen Ami 8

[@michaelscaplis]

Love the butchering of Breguet 😂 But seriously the Leduc 022 would be my number 1, that is until I saw the Jabiru 😳

[@peterjohnson6273]

You put out the most entertaining videos! :>)

[@mikesuch9021]

Loving how he describes each one. Thanks for making my morning coffee more enjoyable.

[@thetrueintruder1210]

Even more than your dedication and commitment I appreciate your sense of humour with these god-awful aircraft designs :)

[@j.lyonslonglivethefighters7495]

Another gold video mate, God bless!

[@randomnickify]

I do not understand your hatred for full glass cabins. Thin duraluminium sheet has exactly the same bulletproof capability as glass or polycarbonate... none. Crewmembers were ment to wear flack jackets regardless of the plane's construction :)

[@ianbell5611]

Awesome video. Loved the humour laced commentary. 😂😂😂

[@airmakay1961]

Fun episode! What a bunch of oddball airplanes.

[@m.streicher8286]

Aka top 10 ugliest aircraft ;)

[@nickthompson9697]

Uglier than Blackburn?

[@martijn9568]

Half of the list would then be Bri🤮ish

[@aendranireho6038]

@@martijn9568 A few Italian abominations also

[@robertdragoff6909]

I think there’s a few American ones too.

[@TheWhoamaters]

The title says french not american

[@maryclarafjare]

Hahahahaha this is a fun video!! Thank you, humor is so welcome! Plus learning new stuff is the best...😊

[@janlindtner305]

Well done Rex

[@erikvonerik]

This is such a great video !!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@johnforsyth7987]

Thank you for another very entertaining video. Please continue with your Top In Ugliest videos. They are great.

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@bryansmith1920]

Thank you, Rex I may stop chuckling about teatime 😅😅😅

[@MaitreDoudou2000]

It would be cool to have a video about 10 most beautiful french aircraft :)

[@patricia1333]

Oh gosh, I’m glad I watched this in private - every sentence I’m snorting and giggling at your descriptions, or gaping at the planes… I’m subscribing, done deal!

[@dazrat3992]

I love this video because there is so many jokes about the french but none are the boring overused ones, this is genuinly funny, and as a Frenchman command you for this, keep doing ur best !

[@enjoyphi7378]

Well done !

[@tulsatrash]

I want to know more about the challenges of putting an jet intake on top of the plane.