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.
There is no such thing as 'enough power'. Further, the title of flying brick belongs to the original and descendants of Mr. Sikorsky's designs. Those things don't even have wings.
"Proof that with enough power even a brick can fly". No. That honor was for A-7's
ReplyDeletethat was the F-111.....(the flying brick), i'm an old guy.
Deletestill, one of my favorites
ReplyDeleteThe bent wing bug sucker.
ReplyDeleteNo idea about the A-7, but confident the "flying brick" nickname solely applied to the F-4. And Droopy Nose was another label.
DeleteRhino.
DeleteDo you know what sound it makes when it hits the ground? Thud!
ReplyDeletewrong airplane!
DeleteThe A7 was known as the SLUF, and Thud was the nickname for the F105.
DeleteSpreading MIG parts all over the world.
ReplyDeleteOnly when the missiles ot carried worked.
DeleteThere is no such thing as 'enough power'. Further, the title of flying brick belongs to the original and descendants of Mr. Sikorsky's designs. Those things don't even have wings.
ReplyDeleteWhy the disparagement? The F4 is a beautiful airplane!
ReplyDeleteIt may have been fugly, but it was faster than anything else in the sky during its heyday.
ReplyDeleteNemo