braunpilot
What day is it?
That was awesome!
Most "B.A." Airplane - Part I - Military Prop
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ctab5060X
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Please tell me that is not you...
mjg407
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No it wasn't . But on the cooler side, P-3 in action firing a Harpoon followed by a Mav.More homerism to follow.
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Blackhawk
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When I was based with the UN in Africa our senior UNMO (UN Military Observer), was a British SAS COL who fought in the Falklands (I think he was recently the assistant commander in either Iraq or Afghanistan). One of our team sites had an Argentine Air Force major who flew the Pucara during the war and was shot down. One time the SAS col. came to the team site and, as often happens in these situations, the COL and the Major started talking about their experiences during the war over after dinner libations. Turns out the Argentine major was captured by the SAS col. and his unit after being shot down.My lottery plane
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Great story. Awkward or awesome? I know the Argentinians still nurse a sore spot over that whole mess. Still, one imagines the libations helped. Did they have that moment of "Oh, Christ, you've lost some hair and gained some wrinkles, but you're THAT GUY."?
Blackhawk
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Actually, most of the people there were pretty cool when the situations came up. Yeah, you were on opposite sides but you were both doing your jobs. Our senior American was a Special Forces LTC; there were a number of Russians who were Afghan vets. Let's just say they were familiar with the same areas.
The only issues I ever observed:
1. Indians and Pakistanis had to be kept apart.
2. Some of the CHICOMs would press you for sensitive information, although individually they were usually very nice guys. One major (who claimed he was an instructor at the military academy), while on patrol asked me about specific units in Korea that I had been in; he knew the actual unit designations based upon locations I had mentioned in passing. I responded with raised eyebrows that I thought he was an instructor, to which he responded in all seriousness that he taught order of battle.
3. Many of the Arab officers would read anti-American books in front of us. If I had done the same the American SRO would have had me on the next flight home.
My un-PC lessons learned:
1. Don't let a CHICOM drive.
2. Don't let a Nigerian officer handle money.
3. Don't drink with the Russians.
cloudman
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:yeahthat:B-29 Superfortress...
Innovative on so many levels.
Saved Asia.
Saved Europe.
mjg407
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lol, I have many similar lessons from running coalition maritime ops for CENTCOM.
WacoFan
Bigly
Here is an entry that is definitely Piston...it has 6 Pratt & Whitney R-4360's...
It could also compete in the jet category as it has 4 J-47's.
Six large displacement radials, four turbojets, one hydrogen bomb=Bad Ass
I placed it here because six of the TEN powerplants was piston.
The Peacemaker:
It could also compete in the jet category as it has 4 J-47's.
Six large displacement radials, four turbojets, one hydrogen bomb=Bad Ass
I placed it here because six of the TEN powerplants was piston.
The Peacemaker:
mjg407
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P-3 is still cooler.....:laff:Here is an entry that is definately Piston...it has 6 Pratt & Whitney R-4360's...
It could also compete in the jet category as it has 4 J-47's.
Six large displacement radials, four turbojets, one hydrogen bomb=Bad Ass
I placed it here because six of the TEN powerplants was piston.
The Peacemaker:
What the heck was the burn rate on that sucker? The dreaded 9 engine landing?
WacoFan
Bigly
Not sure about fule consumption, but I do know they couldn't be aerial refueled. Still had a 3,400 mile range or so. The doggy ones, prior to sticking the four jets, could loiter for 40 hours on a tank of gas.
I think we should turn one into a firebomber!
mjg407
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C-17, that would be an awesome bomber.....
Polar742
All the responsibility none of the authority
Could you imagine how long a checkride would take under today's standards on a 10 engine airplane?
Thank god they did some bounces then drank beer.
Thank god they did some bounces then drank beer.
Here is an entry that is definitely Piston...it has 6 Pratt & Whitney R-4360's...
It could also compete in the jet category as it has 4 J-47's.
Six large displacement radials, four turbojets, one hydrogen bomb=Bad Ass
I placed it here because six of the TEN powerplants was piston.
The Peacemaker:
ctab5060X
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Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
I prefer the corsair, but to say that it was "faster" than a 51 is a little bit misleading. IIRC, the -1s were about the same speed at low/mid altitude, but the stang would eat their lunch up at escort altitude. Now the -4 was a different story, but that was a much later development, probably more fair to compare it to a 51H. It certainly seems to be true that at all altitudes, the corsair would out roll and out turn a stang, but you also have to factor in the 51s reportedly "UFO-like" energy retention properties.
That said, anything with a radial beats anything with an inline in a "BA" contest on pure principle.
That said, anything with a radial beats anything with an inline in a "BA" contest on pure principle.
R
Roger, Roger
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I think the Corsair fits the "Badass" criteria more than the Mustang does. The Mustang is awesome, yes, but it's looks scream "fast and sleek", not "Badass". Anything with radial engines gets full marks in the looks part of the Badass-ness Assessment Matrix.
