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06-03-2009, 02:17 AM
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| Escape pod B-58 Hustler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote:
  PROJECT ROSE PETAL A joint program involving the Hustler and an RAF Comet. The Hustler's job was to make high speed passes close to the Comet to help calibrate a British missile tracking system...  The big guy at front far left is Lt. Col. Fitzhugh "Fitz" Fulton...  He went on to fly the XB-70 and the B-52/X-15 and Boeing 747/Shuttle combinations. "WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD"  Last edited by Graeme; 06-03-2009 at 06:33 AM. Reason: Kept adding images | |
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06-03-2009, 03:36 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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06-17-2009, 04:27 AM
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| Heard the confined area for crew drove them batty except for the pilot. I remember Phantoms and ealier Century series fighters at airshows as a kid, close, low and fast doing a sound crack for the audience. Pilots would be grounded these days for being that close, low, and fast near spectators. At the time, louder was better  ahh the old days are missed  |
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06-17-2009, 12:53 PM
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__________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?" | |
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06-17-2009, 01:59 PM
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| that was one hot aircraft .BB |
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06-17-2009, 02:19 PM
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I got a two plane airshow when the Iliinois Air Guard was flying which was most most Sunday's when I was a kid.  A real treat was when Mom would drive me to the airport to watch them take-off. Quote:
I wish I had seen one fly in person... Wheelsup
__________________ Cheers  Wheelsup_cavu  Wheels's Photos - Time lapse build of an F/A-18 Super Hornet - Lock N' Load  | ||
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10-23-2009, 01:05 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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| Tried the video link above, but there was a problem. I'll try it again later.
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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