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.
The co-pilot punched out but the pilot is still in the cockpit. And that missile would have to do a 180 to get that seat and it'll be burned out by then.
Phantom 1473 belonged to the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake and was used for testing ejection seats and weapons separation. It is now in the China Lake Base Museum. Besides the photoshopped missile, what is that on the tail? Al_in_Ottawa
The co-pilot punched out but the pilot is still in the cockpit. And that missile would have to do a 180 to get that seat and it'll be burned out by then.
ReplyDeleteDid anybody ever tell you that you're a nit-picking killjoy that loves to point out what's obvious to anyone with a functioning brain cell?
DeleteBack seat goes first lest he get toasted eyebrows from the pilot's rocket motor.
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ReplyDelete" Well at least today can't get worse "
Training exercise. Is that a F-104?
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the vibe that that missile has been photoshopped into an image of an ejection seat test.
DeleteThis is a F-4. In no way am I an expert, but this looks like an early A or B model used by the Navy and Marine Corps (no gun on the chin).
Blast or expanding rod?
ReplyDeleteIf it is indeed a Rapier, it carries a 3 pound blast warhead. Ir was felt that its accuracy and speed obviated the need for a larger warhead.
DeletePhantom 1473 belonged to the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake and was used for testing ejection seats and weapons separation. It is now in the China Lake Base Museum. Besides the photoshopped missile, what is that on the tail?
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VFX-31 "Dust Devils" emblem?
DeleteWhich explains why the rear seat isn't occupied by a human being.
DeleteMissile looks like a Rapier.
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