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.
I loved it, one of the greatest aircraft ever designed. mach 2 plus and exceeded its designed speed of 750 Kts by 100. Let's see a F-15 do that. Brake release to 35 thousand ft, oh, how about 90 seconds.How about 450 Kts by the end of the runway on takeoff. I think about that bird every day.
That appears to be one of the varients of the F-104 that had to land at 350+ mph. That'll fix your hemmoroids! ;o)
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I think they called this one, "man in a missile"
ReplyDeleteI loved it, one of the greatest aircraft ever designed. mach 2 plus and exceeded its designed speed of 750 Kts by 100. Let's see a F-15 do that.
ReplyDeleteBrake release to 35 thousand ft, oh, how about 90 seconds.How about 450 Kts by the end of the runway on takeoff. I think about that bird every day.
Oh yes it was fast. But the downside was that it took two states worth of airspace to turn it around.
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