 | What's in a name?| Post-War Discuss What's in a name? in the Other Eras forums; even the f5 has the gold tint... |
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06-09-2006, 04:17 PM
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06-09-2006, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot even the f5 has the gold tint | Some EA-6Bs had heavy gold tint to protect their electronic compared to other planes at the time.  
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06-09-2006, 05:03 PM
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06-09-2006, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dac Some EA-6Bs had heavy gold tint to protect their electronic compared to other planes at the time. | most modern military aircraft have the gold tint | |
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06-09-2006, 07:22 PM
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Country: | Most do now, but it was introduced in EW aircraft to protect their sensitive electronics from radiation. At the time the "Queer" got it's name it was one of the few to have this feature.
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06-11-2006, 06:04 PM
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#21 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by pbfoot F 104 is the original German lawn Dart | The F-104 was actually an American aircraft. Yeah it was used by the Germans as well as many other nations but it was an American Aircraft and used by the USAF as well.
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06-11-2006, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet The F-104 was actually an American aircraft. Yeah it was used by the Germans as well as many other nations but it was an American Aircraft and used by the USAF as well. | The reason is that a majority of NATO countries were using 104's Denmark Netherlands Norway Canada and the fact they were stationed all over Germany i don't think the USAF ever had 104s in europe but with the mission profile that they mostly flew usually very low caused them to have high crash rate The German public called it Witwenmacher ("widowmaker"), fliegender Sarg ("flying coffin") or Erdnagel ("ground nail", the official military term for a tent peg). The Pakistani AF name was Badmash ("hooligan"), while among Italian pilots its spiky design earned it the nickname Spillone ("hatpin"). Canadian pilots sometimes referred to it as the flying lawn dart. | |
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06-11-2006, 06:33 PM
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#23 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yes the USAF had 104s based out of Spangdalem and Bitburg AFB in Germany. I like your rough translations of German though!  Dont worry I butcher everyone elses languages as well including English which I learned the same time I learned German.
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06-11-2006, 06:45 PM
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Country: | I copied that bit with the translation the limit for my german is "nicht schiessen posten  " | |
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06-11-2006, 06:51 PM
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#25 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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01-31-2007, 10:34 PM
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Country:  | Was stationed at Bitburg and studied their squadron history...don't recall 104's mentioned in it. 100's, 101's, and 105's, but not 104's. I DO vividly recall the German 104's flying crazy low thru the hills as our F-15's circled overhead looking for them. The German pilots had some stones, no doubt. | |
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01-31-2007, 11:06 PM
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Country:  | My dad and others reffered to the Chinook as the "Sh*t Cook" - I don't know why. And the EE Lightning - Frightening .
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02-01-2007, 11:18 PM
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Handley Page Hampden - "Flying Suitcase"
Handley Page Halifax - "Halibag"
Avro Lancaster - "Lanc"
Short Sunderland - "Queen Of The Boats"
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02-03-2007, 05:42 AM
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Handley Page Hampden - "Flying Suitcase"
| along with the "Flying Tadpole", "Flying Saucepan" and almost invariably the "Flying Sperm"
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