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.
How freakin' tight is that chain right there. Hit it with a hammer and it feels like your striking a solid steel bar kind of tight? If one chain breaks that plane would spin around on the other, cant imagine the wreck it would create of things. The jet wash coming around probably blow those two fellers right off the deck. Fly!
Having spent a good amount of time inside of a US Marine tank while serving in Vietnam, I can attest that the US Marine "Phantom" was a God send for Close Air Support.
Ear plugs and muffs dampens noise to acceptable levels. But you feel it more than you hear it. Every fiber of your body is quaking. That's the AWESOME Sound of FREEDOM!
How freakin' tight is that chain right there. Hit it with a hammer and it feels like your striking a solid steel bar kind of tight? If one chain breaks that plane would spin around on the other, cant imagine the wreck it would create of things. The jet wash coming around probably blow those two fellers right off the deck. Fly!
ReplyDeleteGreat pic! Epic in its way.
ReplyDeleteI would think the noise would be seriously damaging that close even with the best hearing protection. Not to mention the heat.
ReplyDeleteWhat di you say?
DeletePhantoms are some beautiful airplanes!
ReplyDeleteSharpshooters - VMFAT-101, MCAS, Yuma, AZ
ReplyDeletebrings back memories of calibrating EGT system under a F106 chained down on the pad...exciting...
ReplyDeleteHaving spent a good amount of time inside of a US Marine tank while serving in Vietnam, I can attest that the US Marine "Phantom" was a God send for Close Air Support.
ReplyDeleteThey're wearing ear protection, but still....would not want to be in a bar fight with those two...
ReplyDeleteMarines and whores don't give a damn! Actually, Marines do- don' know 'bout the whores.
ReplyDeleteWho brought the marshmallows?
ReplyDeleteEar plugs and muffs dampens noise to acceptable levels. But you feel it more than you hear it. Every fiber of your body is quaking. That's the AWESOME Sound of FREEDOM!
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