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Uncle Dave
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Yes it is, F15 has the best combat record of any fighter ever made.
Last I looked it was 101.5 combat victories(not sure what a.5 is) and ZERO combat losses.
Shes a little old now and would have a hard time going toe to toe with the new kids, but shes a tough old *****.
I saw the XB-70 in Ohio- it was an unbelievable machine. loaded with problems though. We learned a lot from it. Like at mach 3 a 1 degree change in rudder causes a 3000fpm climb or dive.
A high speed flyby by the rockwell b1b with the wing folded waaaay back is pretty incredible as well. carries more tha anything we got today at mach speeds.
Good stuff Chris.
UD
Have you ever seen the story about the 15 that flew and landed after having a whole wing torn off in a midair?
The MD techreps thought it was a taxi accident. They didn't believe it happened in the air.
Big Time
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This guy does a pretty low fly by....will probably get in a bit of trouble!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/03/17/dnt.tx.low.flying.plane.kprc?hpt=T2
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/03/17/dnt.tx.low.flying.plane.kprc?hpt=T2
I have a video somewhere of the Thunderbirds visiting Saudi Arabia in the 70's. Back when they flew the F-4. Briefly.
The F-4 wasn't much of a precision flying aircraft. It certainly didn't do much for graceful aerobatics. But at the time, there wasn't anything else like it for ripping big, gaping holes in the sky. The King asked the team to do their show and include a supersonic pass. Back before it was outlawed in the US, they would do that on request. Typically at remote locations. Doing it at a metropolitan airport was a recipe for many dollars worth of broken glass. The king didn't care. he ordered every window inthe area taped up. They did a 4-way supersonic cross at show center. Four planes, all converging from different points on the compass about a second apart at less than 100 ft altitude. At 700 kts.
The F-4 wasn't much of a precision flying aircraft. It certainly didn't do much for graceful aerobatics. But at the time, there wasn't anything else like it for ripping big, gaping holes in the sky. The King asked the team to do their show and include a supersonic pass. Back before it was outlawed in the US, they would do that on request. Typically at remote locations. Doing it at a metropolitan airport was a recipe for many dollars worth of broken glass. The king didn't care. he ordered every window inthe area taped up. They did a 4-way supersonic cross at show center. Four planes, all converging from different points on the compass about a second apart at less than 100 ft altitude. At 700 kts.
LaughingCat
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Tommy Gun
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Growing up in North County; St. Louis, home of McDonnal Douglas, we used to have sonic booms all the time. Half our neighborhood consisted of MD engineers.
