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, August 17, 2023
My Favorite. Who wouldn't like a jet shaped like an arrowhead. Throughout all time men wished to ride the arrows they launched, and guide them to the target. Now the dream has been realized.
It's why, in my fantasies, I'd have a Grumman Widgeon. Small flying boat with excellent rough-field landing capabilities and room enough to be used as a camper for 3 people.
Big adjustment for the guys that flew it that all came from fighters. In other aircraft they could see that they were going fast, could pull Gz or could fly low. Driving straight ahead at med alt it was tough to convince yourself that you were invisible….
My favorite is the F-104. The Starfighter in MHO is a truly beautiful jet. A kid could fantasize it was able to fly into space to fight Martians and do absolutely anything in the atmosphere. Oh, dem grade school days... James
I always wanted a mini bi-plane I could land anywhere and picnic with my girl.
ReplyDeleteused to do dat in NoDak with a Cessna 150; just had to be a wee careful of the telephone/power lines
ReplyDeleteIt's why, in my fantasies, I'd have a Grumman Widgeon. Small flying boat with excellent rough-field landing capabilities and room enough to be used as a camper for 3 people.
ReplyDeleteSays something they still fly it.
ReplyDeleteThey don't
DeleteStill flying through 2034. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/retired-f-117-nighthawks-may-fly-for-another-decade
DeleteBig adjustment for the guys that flew it that all came from fighters. In other aircraft they could see that they were going fast, could pull Gz or could fly low. Driving straight ahead at med alt it was tough to convince yourself that you were invisible….
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the F-104. The Starfighter in MHO is a truly beautiful jet. A kid could fantasize it was able to fly into space to fight Martians and do absolutely anything in the atmosphere. Oh, dem grade school days...
ReplyDeleteJames
Take your pen apart and pretend it was a rocket ship.
DeleteHere's a link for ya: https://www.starfighters.net/
DeleteThey were tested and first flown at Tonapah. The AF flew A-7s to cover for the secret program.
ReplyDeleteThere is still a hanger full at Tonapah.
what a time they had in Baghdad...
ReplyDeleteName that real estate. My vote is somewhere in SoCal. Maybe Riverside/SanBerdo County.
ReplyDeleteSorry to disappoint, but the guys who flew the thing say it was a pig to handle.
ReplyDeleteYes. Wasn't it called the "Wobbly Goblin"?
DeleteSR 71 Blackbird, nothing beats that piece of aircraft.
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