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.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The second A-10 Thunderbolt II (YA-10) prototype aircraft being assembled at Fairchild Republic's plant in early 1972.
Extremely high cool factor. That jet is like a fine wine, only improves with age. Look at it, all these decades and its remained essentially the same since its production. But with little improvements here and there. They fly around where we live, over and around the property, it is still after 18 years, these marvels to see. Form definitely follows function. Love the high bypass turbo fan wine they make. Once in a while they play cat and mouse with each other in and around the ridges and hollows, thats wicked cool to watch. All I can think is how fun it is up there sneaking around trying to get on the other pilots 6,
And not a DEI hire in sight!
ReplyDelete1972 was a long time ago!
ReplyDeleteYeah, like another universe now.
DeleteGot to sit in one of those while it was still zinc chromate green. Long time ago.
ReplyDeleteMust a been pretty cool.
DeleteExtremely high cool factor. That jet is like a fine wine, only improves with age. Look at it, all these decades and its remained essentially the same since its production. But with little improvements here and there. They fly around where we live, over and around the property, it is still after 18 years, these marvels to see.
ReplyDeleteForm definitely follows function. Love the high bypass turbo fan wine they make. Once in a while they play cat and mouse with each other in and around the ridges and hollows, thats wicked cool to watch. All I can think is how fun it is up there sneaking around trying to get on the other pilots 6,
One of the few aircraft ever built that should have a pair of those metal truck 'nads installed at the factory, by law.
ReplyDeleteThese aircraft are like zero turn mowers, both only good for one thing respectively, but they are very, very good at it.
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