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  1. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    I'm more of a fan of the Martin flying boats personally.
  2. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Maybe, but I was in high school and basically working by myself. :cautious:
  3. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    The fun thing for me is that I actually developed this concept for my orbiter replacement design that I came up with for my high school science fair project in the late '90s, based on the system that the SR-71 used. So I once again can't help but feel pretty salty about the fact I can't get...
  4. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    No, I'm saying it isn't a very stand-out one, mostly owing to how quickly the technology took off.
  5. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    And yet all of those aircraft went on to serve very well, and aside from the P-80, they're all thought of as very good or excellent aircraft. The P-38 in particular out of that list (incidentally also designed by Kelly Johnson).
  6. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Can't say I've heard that one. They've made a lot of very good airplanes over the decades, including the likes of the SR-71.
  7. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Why replace the engine and avionics with "civilian" versions, though, especially the engines?
  8. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    It poops missiles. :ROFLMAO:
  9. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    It reminds me very much of the Messerschmidt Destroyers in that they saddled multiple roles onto a single aircraft that ended up sucking at all of them. As for the F-35 itself, I don't think it really represents much of an improvement over the F-16 for the price tag, and I fucking laughed when...
  10. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Is anyone else kind of unimpressed with the F-35?
  11. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Feels somehow appropriate to post this now. :D
  12. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    MiG-29 F-15 SU-35 F-15 SU-27 F-15 MiG-25 F-15
  13. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Huh. I've never seen F-22s equipped with drop tanks before.
  14. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Be funny if it was an old Vulcan bomber or something like that. :giggle:
  15. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    If she doesn't like that K98k, how much would she want for it? ;)
  16. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    Why are they not more prolific then?
  17. Captain X

    Warbirds Thread

    They removed them?
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