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.
Friday, April 30, 2021
I'd make fun of the Russians and their plane design, but then there's the A-10...
Gotta have high landing gear because of the propellers.
ReplyDeleteThe thing on the nose is a refueling probe.
The rest, kind of a mish-mash between a B-36 and a B-29 and a B-52. Kind of.
Still a very fugly aircraft.
Anhedral wings. I wonder what the roll rate is. More importantly, I wonder why high roll rate is important on a bomber. To escape the blast?
ReplyDeleteI'd fly that in a heartbeat. Unless its anything like the AN-2. You need five hands to start that beast.
Worked on A-10s 2 years, aircraft kicked ass.
ReplyDeleteRussian do build strange looking aircraft
The bear is a pretty remarkable aircraft.
ReplyDeleteThe A-10 would like to see you in it's office for that remark, it won't be pretty.
ReplyDelete1952 vs. 1976. Just saying. I loves me some brrrrrrrrrrrrtttt.
DeleteI understand they are loud.
ReplyDeleteThe Tu-95 is one of the loudest military aircraft, particularly because the tips of the propeller blades move faster than the speed of sound.
ReplyDeleteWonder why they couldn't knock-off whatever amount of tip it took to get that mach # below 1?
DeleteBTW I understand the AT-6(WWII) has the same problem.
Nobody should make fun of an A-10 or Chuck Norris, stay safe my friends.
DeleteBrrrrrrt! Incoming in 3......2......
ReplyDeleteThere is a legend that summerged submariners could hear them pass overhead.
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