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This thread is dedicated to the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned weapon system.
Verrrrry interesting!
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Compared to F/A-18:
WIKI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmh9YX51LLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VETFFYo92e4
This thread is dedicated to the M60 PATTON Tank - It's history, photos, facts, stories and your experiences with it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_Patton
Here's a 1960 film introducing the M60 to the world....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-XDoVqZ00
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This thread is dedicated to the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Post your pics, stories, info and experiences here.
WIKI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
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This thread is dedicated to the USAF's C-124 Globemaster II, it's data, stories and other info....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II
And here's the story of "OLD SHAKY"...
It appears your key is conveniently clipped/tied right there next to the cut-off.
Doesn't the kind of defeat the whole "LOCK IT UP" premise of installing a security device?
Just askin'.
Carry on.
These pics show that AOA (Angle of Attack) a bit exaggerated due to the relatively low speed required for matching speeds with the tanker aircraft, but you get the idea. The axis of the cones is "tuned" to point "into the wind".
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SAFETY NOTE:
It is extremely DANGEROUS to trust any hydraulic jack to hold up a vehicle without BLOCKING beneath the axle or structure to prevent THE LAW OF GRAVITY from crushing you.
This thread is dedicated to the ME-323. I had, until recently, never heard of this aircraft.
Very interesting.....
https://m.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/me-323-giant-biggest-transport-aircraft-of-wwii-in-pictures.html
Here's what WIKI has to say about it...
Dedicating this thread to the B-17 FLYING FORTRESS.
Share stories and experiences related to these warbirds here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
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I'll start with the story of B-17 "666" that no one wanted to fly featured in this article...
WHOA ! ! !
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Somewhere around Post #10 this thread got off the OP's topic and then has gone on and on about DASH CAMS.
PLEASE RETURN to the original topic before MODERATION kicks in.
Thank you.
That, Sir, is the sort of profound fantasy upon which classic Hollywood scripts are written.
Thank you for expressing it with literary license seldom composed in today's world.
Quite simply: My posting had absolutely NOTHING to do with "post count". Instead, and quite benignly, this is a bit of MILITARY VEHICLE HISTORY that the larger percentage of our SS Membership most probably has never heard. Since most of the members are TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS, their exposure to any...
An interesting article about a B-29 that crash landed in 1947 and was resurrected from it's frozen grave crossed my desk this week.
Once made flyable once more, she was lost to a fire before ever becoming airborne again.
This is that story...
Turn up your volume....
Here's the world's highest flying airplane doing a pretty low pass with afterburners lighted as he pulls up and soars away...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ar-ubA3eRw
They called this a "Skeleton Rattling" pass.
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