Oh, and some PME abou tthe canopy scheme...
Google "United States Patent 4406428"
Google "United States Patent 4406428"
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F-16 Wearing Digis
- Thread starter SDNalgene
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Training Rules take care of Midairs in BFM, not paint jobs. If you're so worried about a paint job that you violate training rules and then hit the other aircraft, you're an idiot! You know, that airplane sure gets bigger the closer you get to it! Maybe if I break the bubble and get real close I'll figure out what that is painted on the bottom? Hacker, it wasn't the canopy that got you beat, it was that huge Super-Walmart sized air-o-plane you were flying. You'll go slow when I want you to!
Here's a VMFA-115 jet with a canopy on the bottom. I think it's probably a pain to keep it painted, but I guess -115 likes them that way. Also, the VMFA-314 digital camoflauge Hornet. Sorry for the small crappy pictures, all I could find on the net.
Here's a VMFA-115 jet with a canopy on the bottom. I think it's probably a pain to keep it painted, but I guess -115 likes them that way. Also, the VMFA-314 digital camoflauge Hornet. Sorry for the small crappy pictures, all I could find on the net.
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As has been mentioned, Carlisle Ferris first patented the idea of painting a simulated canopy on the bottom of an aircraft in 1978, as part of what was known as the "Ferris Paint Scheme."
Four of VF-1's F-14's at the time were so painted for evaluation. Since then, various aircraft camouflage schemes (including a decoy canopy on the belly) have been tried on a number of different aircraft, both US and foreign.
A top and belly view.... which one is turning into you to engage; which one is turning away?
Four of VF-1's F-14's at the time were so painted for evaluation. Since then, various aircraft camouflage schemes (including a decoy canopy on the belly) have been tried on a number of different aircraft, both US and foreign.
A top and belly view.... which one is turning into you to engage; which one is turning away?
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Or one Intruder....22xMk-82
Man, that loadout was always one hell of a kick on the cat shot. Nice pic; great memory.
I think I'm starting to drool.HOOOOAH!!!! And then multiply it by 12 ....
HOOOOAH! A 2-for-1 Happy Hour. Lots of gas! A double Texaco. HOOOOOAH!
That's right Cat, the F4 and F-14: world's fastest fuel-to-noise converters!!
HOOOOAH!!!! And then multiply it by 12 ....
Alpha Six, Alpha Six, No escaping Alpha Six,
Bomb 'em, Nuke 'em, Make 'em run,
And we do it just for fun.
Maybe in AB… but with the F-14's variable-sweep wing and the original A-model's stupid fan engine, it could stay aloft without tanking for twice as long as my ass could ever stand.
More seriously, I have seen some A-6 live drops. Only a B-52 arc-light was more spectacular… but the A-6 was close, and obviously far more accurate (and with a better crew too......for attack pukes
).
Gotta ask....do you wear a mini skirt and wave pom-poms when you chant this?
Please .... only the B/N's did.Gotta ask....do you wear a mini skirt and wave pom-poms when you chant this?
Please .... only the B/N's did.
What he said...