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    • When the government pays, the government controls.

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      • Originally posted by likeitfast55 View Post
        .75 vs .85 is only about 50ish knots difference. So yep, 3/4 mach. Even at .75, it is fast for that thick ass wing.
        I never realized those would roll out that fast. That is gettin on through dew.
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        • Not a pic, but French Naval Aviators are seriously badass. And the Super Étendard is a badass jet.
          "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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          • Farnborough International Airshow 2016 Wednesday YouTube

            Day three of the flying display from the Farnborough International Airshow 2016
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            Undercover SC Dragster 8.10's

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              When the government pays, the government controls.

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              • ^^ I guarantee you that the tires (and probably a few flight suits) got wet on that one.

                Amazing that nobody on deck was killed. I've seen the aftermath of a cable snap, and it is not pretty.
                "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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                • "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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                  • Originally posted by 46Tbird View Post






                    Captured ME 262?



                    David

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                    • Had to be. I would make damn sure my mechanics looked over those 262's before I took one for a spin. Late production 262's (and therefore, most) were sketchy as hell. Most had unpainted and rigged up parts, and were built by forced labor inside a mountain.
                      "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
                      "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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                      • Pictures have dates Aug-45 on them. VE was May '45, so I'll wager captured 262's state-side for trials and reverse engineering.
                        "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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                        • 1940, Lake Worth (Willow Island in the middle). PBY Catalinas taking refuge from a gulf hurricane.
                          "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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                          • Now that's just cool, all those PBY's. Thanks

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                            • Originally posted by Kart21 View Post
                              Now that's just cool, all those PBY's. Thanks
                              Agreed.
                              Great post Scott!



                              David

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                              • Originally posted by helosailor View Post
                                1940, Lake Worth (Willow Island in the middle). PBY Catalinas taking refuge from a gulf hurricane.
                                Well that's cool as hell.


                                Here's the Lockheed plant in FW over time B24 then B32 then F16 then F35








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