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Old 01-30-2005, 07:19 AM   #31
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Ah the A-10...great plane
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:24 AM   #32
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nasty little beast
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:27 AM   #33
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Where did you get that TSR2 pic? Ive been looking for a flying TSR2 pic for AGES! Im stealing that one for myself
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:30 AM   #34
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:31 AM   #35
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They've got one there
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:32 AM   #36
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yup quite a machine in its day
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:41 AM   #37
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Or it would have been if the project wasnt cancelled...damn government...
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Old 01-30-2005, 09:35 AM   #38
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well it all came out of our taxes and in those days we had other priorities
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Old 01-30-2005, 09:44 AM   #39
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A truly awesome machine! So advanced for it's day, in fact, that I would imagine the sheer cost of trying to mass produce it for the air force would all but bankrupt the country. Too bad, really.
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Old 01-31-2005, 02:28 AM   #40
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I doubt it would have bankrupt the country, I bet it wasn't even as expensive as the Tornado. Now, THAT'S an expensive pile of junk. At least the TSR.2 was good.
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wouldn't kick it out of bed............
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Old 02-04-2005, 09:42 AM   #42
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You sick person Does it "Light your afterburners" then? :
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Old 02-16-2005, 03:31 AM   #43
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My favourite post-war aircraft include:

AH-64D Apache Longbow- Yes a helicopter, top of the list.
B-36 Peacemaker- Awesome power for a bomber around the end of WW2.
Spitfire- The later 1950s re-engineering of this famous aircraft.
P-51 Mustang- The aircraft that really helped take the war to the German
heart-land.
B-52 Awesome adaptability in terms of roles.
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber- Useful for early missions in taking enemy radar
installations and air defenses out relatively
safely, so that more 'normal' aircraft can carry
out their missions safely.
F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter- Useful for same reasons as B-2.
ACH-47 Chinook- Armed gunship version of famous transport helicopter.
Mig-25 Fulcrum- Awesome adaptable Soviet front-line fighter.
Foxbat- A fast Mach 3 recon aircraft.
SR-71 Blackbird- A fast recon aircraft that is only just being retired.
U-2- A large single engined plane- largest single-engined plane ever built.
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That should really be F-51, if it's post-war. I've never known CH-47s to have seperate designations for gunship, although I imagine the US might have.
In the RAF, they just knock a few windows out and put rotary cannons through them. And then fit a big ass machine gun to the rear ramp, which my dad was on when ever flying in the Chinook in the Falklands.
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Old 02-16-2005, 05:04 PM   #45
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Nice choices HD...
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