And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
"Stubby" Lockheed XF-104 53-7786 during taxi testing, Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards, 1954.
I disagree. It was a wonderful airplane to fly. I don't know a single 104 pilot who didn't love to fly the 104 and I know a lot of them. I would hardly call it "stubby" either. It is the sleekest fighter, ever.
It's a beautiful airplane. Not the best warplane, and a bitch to fly, but still a thing of beauty.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. It was a wonderful airplane to fly. I don't know a single 104 pilot who didn't love to fly the 104 and I know a lot of them. I would hardly call it "stubby" either. It is the sleekest fighter, ever.
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