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.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
The only chase plane that can keep up with the X-15. The F-104 Starfighter
the F104 had the same performance under power as the X15 had gliding. F104 had tremendous controllable decent rate. still cannot understand the militaries desiring to make it a ground attack aircraft. Excellent point defense interceptor just lacking the weapons like the AIM-120 and later mod AIM-9
The X-15, that was a long time ago!
ReplyDeletethe F104 had the same performance under power as the X15 had gliding. F104 had tremendous controllable decent rate. still cannot understand the militaries desiring to make it a ground attack aircraft. Excellent point defense interceptor just lacking the weapons like the AIM-120 and later mod AIM-9
ReplyDeleteThey called the F-104 the "ZIPPER" because it was so fast.
ReplyDeletebastards would walk away from my 106 at william tell...
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