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re: What's your favorite military plane ?
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:01 am to EZVictor
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:01 am to EZVictor
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F104 Starfighter… Can’t turn for shite, can’t land on a carrier, can’t slow speed fight, but it’s fast - and it attracted hot chicks like “Jeannie” to Major Nelson…
The Luftwaffe bought a bunch of these. Killed a lot of German pilots in accidents because apparently she’s a bitch to fly.
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:06 am to Darth_Vader
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The Luftwaffe bought a bunch of these. Killed a lot of German pilots in accidents because apparently she’s a bitch to fly.
worked with a guy that bought a couple of those, with a couple of other ex fast mover guys and an investor, and started a warbird experience operation in FL, I believe they sold it, or at least stopped doing the flying, but I think it's still in operation down in FL
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:14 am to midnight1961
Not a fricking C130 that’s for sure.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:15 am to 777Tiger
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worked with a guy that bought a couple of those and started a warbird experience operation in FL, I believe they sold it, or at least stopped doing the flying, but I think it's still in operation down in FL
I can’t remember exactly what it was about the F-104 that made them so dangerous. But it seems like they were prone to going into a stall that was almost impossible to recover from.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:21 am to Darth_Vader
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it seems like they were prone to going into a stall that was almost impossible to recover from.
yeah, high wing loading, tendency to pitch up approaching a stall resulting in uncontrollable spin/tumbling, and tail flutter at high speeds, they eventually worked out a lot of those issues but a very high non-combat hull loss and pilots died working them out
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:23 am to 777Tiger
Ok. That’s what I was thinking. Still an amazing plane that in many ways was ahead of it’s time.
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 10:24 am
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:24 am to Darth_Vader
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The Luftwaffe bought a bunch of these. Killed a lot of German pilots in accidents because apparently she’s a bitch to fly.
High approach speeds and unforgiving inputs, I believe
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:27 am to lsudave1
When I was a kid, Dad was stationed at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station in Hawaii. I could sit out behind the house and watch the Crusaders come in and land/takeoff.
The Crusaders were fun to watch.
Later, the squadron left and the Skyhawks came in.
The Crusaders were fun to watch.
Later, the squadron left and the Skyhawks came in.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:29 am to chinhoyang
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The Crusaders were fun to watch.
f-8s were cool, those baws took that gunfighter mentality serious
I love the story, and it's actually part of a History Channel documentary, of a Crusader guy encountering a MiG over north Vietnam after he'd depleted all of his ammo, instead of high tailing it back to the ship he "fought" the MiG for a fair amount of time just to frick with him, maybe get him to make a bad mistake, bingoed out and had to head for home
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 10:34 am
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:32 am to midnight1961
The t800 Nonbinary Aircraft
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:38 am to 777Tiger
Dad flew the F4 and the Skyhawk, but never the Crusader.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:43 am to midnight1961
F-22 is a damned fine looking plane but I think the YF-23 was even better looking. I wish BOTH of those platforms made production.
WW2- I'm going with the P-40. Obsolete early, but it is just awesome looking. Honorable mentions of the period are P-38 and of course the P-51.
Vietnam- This might be controversial... I'm going with a Douglas A-1 Skyraider.
Modern- A10. It is the kid with a magnifying glass burning ants. As said earlier, the F22. Honorable mention is the F18, B2, the C130 Specter, and the F15. I also want to mention a special place in my heart for a B1 Bomber. One flew in low and slow over Kyle Field for a pregame flyover and then it kicked upwards and lit the afterburners. So damned loud and everything was shaking.
WW2- I'm going with the P-40. Obsolete early, but it is just awesome looking. Honorable mentions of the period are P-38 and of course the P-51.
Vietnam- This might be controversial... I'm going with a Douglas A-1 Skyraider.
Modern- A10. It is the kid with a magnifying glass burning ants. As said earlier, the F22. Honorable mention is the F18, B2, the C130 Specter, and the F15. I also want to mention a special place in my heart for a B1 Bomber. One flew in low and slow over Kyle Field for a pregame flyover and then it kicked upwards and lit the afterburners. So damned loud and everything was shaking.
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 10:45 am
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:45 am to midnight1961
The B-1 will always be my favorite. Sleek, variable wings, loud as can be, large, fast, and can pinpoint drops. It's an awesome plane.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:46 am to Jobu93
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This might be controversial... I'm going with a Douglas A-1 Skyraider.
not to a lot of pilots that were shot down in the packs and were rescued under the suppression fire from those A-1s,
A-1 pilots were unable to pay for drinks at O Clubs when fighter pilots were in therePosted on 5/18/23 at 10:49 am to chinhoyang
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Dad flew the F4 and the Skyhawk, but never the Crusader.
from what you've shared about your dad on here I believe he's a man I'd like to have met
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:54 am to 777Tiger
F-86 Sabre
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:05 am to LemmyLives
Thank you for your service, fellow grape. I had an unpleasant experience with an Intruder while in the Aleutian Islands. We were under “darken ship” and I was training a newbie. Just finished topping off a bird and an Intruder spun around by the island and hit us with jet blast for what seemed like forever. I told newbie “hold on to the pad eye and if you let go you’re going overboard.”
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:14 am to midnight1961
Watch F-15
Comfortable to fly in C-17
Flew in an Osprey once was nervous as shite
Control F5/T38 they are fast as hell.
Comfortable to fly in C-17
Flew in an Osprey once was nervous as shite
Control F5/T38 they are fast as hell.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:21 am to stelly1025
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they are fast as hell.
fun little jet but compared to a fighter they're like comparing a 'vette to a Bugatti, Mclaren, or Hennessy, performance wise
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:22 am to midnight1961
C5, C17
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