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.
My favorite oldie is the B58 Hustler. Dawg! More recent favorite is the B1. Look up a picture of the B1 painted by the artist Dru Blair if you want a treat. Here it is:
I worked at White Sands Missile Range. When stealth aircraft were used in test missions they had a metal airplane flying in close formation so the RADAR knew where the stealth bird was.
In later years people will ask "which came first the chicken or the egg?" and "which came first the stealth fighter or the cybertruck?
ReplyDeleteKinda partial to the F-86 myself. F-4s saved our ass at Calu.
ReplyDeleteF-86 is my all time favorite. Close second is P-51. De Havilland Mosquito and A-6 Intruder tie for 3rd place.
DeleteMy favorite oldie is the B58 Hustler. Dawg!
DeleteMore recent favorite is the B1.
Look up a picture of the B1 painted by the artist Dru Blair if you want a treat.
Here it is:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8zkAAOSwUjhmrsbh/s-l1600.jpg
Thanks for that ghost! Maybe one of the coolest pic painted I’ve ever seen!
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Well, nice but I'll stay with the SR-71 as my personal favorite.
ReplyDeleteYes! But I probably say that being a former DMA cartographer...
DeleteDitto
DeleteAs a kid I was infatuated with the SR-71
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ReplyDeleteThat plane looks like a Tesla truck!!!
If it is my boots on the ground I want to hear the sweet hum of an A-10 letting itself be known.
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Deletethe A-10 Warthog is my favorite... ask any grunt on the ground.
ReplyDeleteif you can hear it, you were not the target.
So just moved to the country out west of DFW. They fly over every day.
ReplyDeleteIt was nicknamed the "Wobblin' Goblin" and having seen one overhead in the landing pattern in 1994, I could tell why.
ReplyDeleteLove all of the Acft, But only the A-10 has a Ramones Song; Mentions hating Commies! https://youtu.be/MmZSeHLu8ew?si=FdPU9Q1lZtqZtP_k
ReplyDeleteMy dad was an ACIC (Aeronautical Chart & Information Center) cartographer, before McNamara centralized the mapping services for all the services.
ReplyDeleteDet.1 defense intelligence played a critical role during the Cuban missile crisis. The star of David made itself known.
DeleteDesigned and built by men who still used slide rules...
ReplyDeleteThe Vigilante looked fast standing still and is my favourite
ReplyDeleteMy two favorites are the B-1 and the A-10.
ReplyDeleteThe F-104 Starfighter, one of the best looking planes ever and a real hot rod too.
ReplyDeleteI love the BUFF B-52
ReplyDeleteB26 invader in close air support was a force to be reckoned with.
ReplyDeleteI worked at White Sands Missile Range. When stealth aircraft were used in test missions they had a metal airplane flying in close formation so the RADAR knew where the stealth bird was.
ReplyDeleteOne afternoon at NAS Lemoore we had a B2 do a low flyby. Had a T38 absolutely glued to where the vertical stabilizer would have been.
ReplyDeleteA fearsome foursome.
ReplyDeleteF-15 Eagle. 105-0
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