I love the look of the "widowmaker" in the air , saw a couple at Fairford a couple of times , great performance for what it was intended for but a real rodeo ride ! Nice link Gunny
I love the look of the "widowmaker" in the air , saw a couple at Fairford a couple of times , great performance for what it was intended for but a real rodeo ride ! Nice link Gunny
REGARDS AL
We are the Pilgrims , master, we shall go
Always a little further : it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
....And the 'Tent Peg' whilst the Canadians referred to them as the 'Lawn Dart' which is hardly suprising as they had a 50% attrition rate throughout their service with the RCAF.by kradman
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
50% holy sh*t!....
A truly deadly weapons system... For its pilots.
Here is the one on display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich (snaps taken during my visit there last year):
Certainly an impressive looking aircraft, there are 2 or 3 of them at the Luftwaffen museum at Gatow Berlin, it was a very cold December day!...
ive often thought the f104 design echoes the earlier blackburn buccaneer
I suppose they do have a similar configuration James, i know which one i'd prefer to fly in and it wouldn't be the Starfighter!...ive often thought the f104 design echoes the earlier blackburn buccaneer
Just read that about 270 German Starfighters were lost in accidents, just under 30% of the total force and 110 pilots were killed!...
I'd definitely have a Starfighter if I couldn't afford a Saab Draken!
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