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About LinkBacksI think there are a few aircraft aficionados here, so let's see if this topic generates any interest.
Post a photo of a military aircraft & members (without reading the pic file name) will try to identify it (name & designation) & ad any info they know about it (manufacturer, type, etc)
I'll go first with an easy one:
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16th August 2010 01:20 PM #1Senior Member
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Name That Military Aircraft
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Originally Posted by devil505
i think there are a few aircraft aficionados here, so let's see if this topic generates any interest.
Post a photo of a military aircraft & members (without reading the pic file name) will try to identify it (name & designation) & ad any info they know about it (manufacturer, type, etc)
i'll go first with an easy one:
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
"When rules are selectively administered, when bias influences who is punished and who is not then everyone will begin to doubt the justice of the system."
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How did I know you jump in with the answer b4 I finished hitting Return?!? Originally Posted by Divine Wind
Name of plane, manufacturer, anything else ...off the top of your head?He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Intruder, Grumman. nickname "World's ugliest aircraft". Can carry its own weight in ordnance.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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A little tougher....Name this plane was given?
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Kinda "Tadpole" Like....but I liked it. Originally Posted by Divine Wind
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That is the Douglas X-3 Stiletto.
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Hint. Same company made the A-6Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
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Grumman Ironworks<G>...Looks like a late 1940's design....but no idea?? (was gonna say the Bearcat bot nope) Originally Posted by Divine Wind
Hint. Same company made the A-6He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Originally Posted by Sgt Schultz
The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Its primary mission was to investigate the design features of an aircraft suitable for sustained supersonic speeds, which included the first use of titanium in major airframe components. It was, however, seriously underpowered for its purpose and could not even exceed Mach 1 in level flight.[1] Though the research aircraft was a disappointment, Lockheed designers used data from the X-3 tests for the F-104 Starfighter which used a similar wing design in a successful Mach 2 fighter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_X-3_StilettoHe has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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