Favorite fighter and bomber

[Missourian]

F-4 Phantom II

F-4's my favorite too ! Louder than hell !!

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A triumph of thrust over aerodynamics.
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[Missourian]

I love going to the intrepid museum.

My fav "museum" is the A/C graveyard at D-M AFB.

But can you get on Davis Monthan without a military I.D.?

I drove up when I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca, and I seem to remember I had to show my I.D. to get onto the base...and that was in the early 90's.

 

[Trajan]

what is it with men and planes and ships? just what the hell? i have been dragged on board more out of service ships and planes than i care to admit.. i just dont get it...if you have seen one ship you have seen them all...same for all those damn planes...men who are well educated etc...will turn into 12 yr old once you board a plane or ship...

men love blowing shit up, and we love stuff that blows shit up....Man-Card 101.

 

[Trajan]

F-4 Phantom II

F-4's my favorite too ! Louder than hell !!

[youtube]YmXvQqEcJZ8[/youtube]


A triumph of thrust over aerodynamics.
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yup...the F4 has a very distinct sound too....

my favorite fast mover?

the Thud...


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[bill5]

But can you get on Davis Monthan without a military I.D.?

Can't say - probably not, at least not without a "sponsor."

 

[Salt Jones]

F-14

and

F-14

 

[Missourian]

Fighter: F-86F

Bomber: B-47

The F-86 was the cat's meow when my dad was in the Air Force in '55.

There was a decommissioned Sabre on display in front of our regional air strip...I remember going out there with the Old Man and him explaining all the parts of the plane and what they did...and how the Sabre had set the world speed record when he was about my age.

 

[Immanuel]

Favorite fighter: Muhammed Ali
Favorite Bomber: Daryl Lamonica

Immie

 

[Swagger]

These threads remind me of a story my grandfather would tell us.

During WWII he flew a De Havilland Mosquito for the RAF. On one particular sortie he was attacking a German bomber from behind and got too close to a tail-gunner that knew his business. To cut a long story short, the tail-gunner fired a burst at the cockpit and one of the bullets hit the valve on the life raft that was stowed under the bombardier's seat. The raft started to inflate in the cockpit leaving he and my grandfather in rather a tight spot. My grandfather pulled-out his survival knife and plunged it into the rapidly expanding raft, inadvertently stabbing his bombardier squarely in the thigh. All's fair in love and war though, eh?

Anyway...

Fighter? Well, it has to be the latest piece out of the RAF's toybox, which is currently being blooded over Libya. Yup, you got it, the aptly nicknamed 'homesick angel'. Boys and gentlemen, would you please rise and give a resounding round of applause for the Eurofighter. Aviation porn at its most decadent.

Bomber? Well assuming we're talking WW2-era, it has to be the Lancaster.

 

[Mad Scientist]

what is it with men and planes and ships? just what the hell? i have been dragged on board more out of service ships and planes than i care to admit.. i just dont get it...if you have seen one ship you have seen them all...same for all those damn planes...men who are well educated etc...will turn into 12 yr old once you board a plane or ship...

What is it with wimmen and their shoes? How many pairs you need to have? They all look the same! Get a woman in a shoe store and she turns into a giggly teenager!

 

[editec]

Favorite fighter? Mohammad Ali

Favorite Bomber? Eberhard von (Let's-Just-Shoot-Hitler-in-the-Face) Breitenbuch