Mason Michaels
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P-38 was a beautiful airplane.
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P-38 was a beautiful airplane.
Mason Michaels
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My favorite and the most impressive fighter I ever worked on.
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ThatOwlWoman
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My favorite and the most impressive fighter I ever worked on.
She's a beautiful creation. And what a money shot that photo is, too.
anonymoose
Classical Liberal
Is that a selfie?My favorite.
Eagle_Eye
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Not only beautiful but deadly to enemy aircraft. I have a friend who is a Raptor driver and he says it's the best fighter he has ever flown.
ThatOwlWoman
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You were an aircraft technician/mechanic? Did you ever get to go up in one? Oh wow, talk about a bucket list thing!
ThatOwlWoman
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I wish. I would love to fly in an open cockpit bi- or tri-wing.
Eagle_Eye
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I was an avionics tech on fighters for 24 years. I got to fly in an F-4 and a F-15 on incentive flights. It was a trip best carnival ride in the world.
ThatOwlWoman
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Eagle_Eye
Well-known member
No, I was lucky both of my pilots wanted to show me a good time so they took it easy on me. Being nice to ones drivers pays dividends lol.
ThatOwlWoman
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Heheheheh. Yeah, referring to them as glorified taxi drivers probably would not have gone well for you.
Eagle_Eye
Well-known member
Heheheheh. Yeah, referring to them as glorified taxi drivers probably would not have gone well for you.
To say the least!
Dutch Uncle
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Supermarine Spitfire
The symbol of Britain’s refusal to give up during that dark summer of 1940, the Spitfire won the hearts of both pilots and public in World War II. https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/supermarine-spitfire-134209906/#TmPxR7uajuFE28Ao.99
The Spitfire was the classic beauty, and truly an awesome aircraft, but it's ugly duckling sister was the backbone for the British in 1940:
Hawker Hurricane
Dutch Uncle
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The Spitfire was the classic beauty, and truly an awesome aircraft, but it's ugly duckling sister was the backbone for the British in 1940:
Hawker Hurricane
I like the Hurricane too, and a plausible argument can be made that it was the Hurricane that really won the Battle of Britain.
Dutch Uncle
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It accounted for over 60% of the German losses. Besides being fast and sexy, the Spitfire had a highly elliptical wing which gave it away from a distance. Britains knew it was theirs. Not always so with the more conventional and more numerous Hurricane.
A similar thing happened with B-17 and B-24. The B-24 was more numerous (18K versus 12.7K) and carried a slightly larger bomb payload to drop on Germany, but the sexier B-17 Flying Fortress attracted most of the attention.
Dutch Uncle
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Helicopters, like the Hurricane and the B-24, are not as sexy as other aircraft but do most of the work.
This CH-46 Sea Knight in Vietnam is dropping off Marines with it's rear landing gear on a mountain ridge, but it's front end being held up by the rotors.
This CH-46 Sea Knight in Vietnam is dropping off Marines with it's rear landing gear on a mountain ridge, but it's front end being held up by the rotors.