The Flanker has beautiful lines. Reminds me slightly of a cobra that is ready to strike.
I can't quite explain it, but the Rafale is something else.
This is the one the AF should have picked.
As already posted.
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Aircraft asthetics (Nominate your favorites!)
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The Flanker has beautiful lines. Reminds me slightly of a cobra that is ready to strike.
I can't quite explain it, but the Rafale is something else.
This is the one the AF should have picked.
As already posted.
The F-5 was pretty sleek too. I loved the evil black MiG paint job they gave it in Top Gun...
+2 for you...and since you brought it up I love the Herc in all its incarnations:
AC-130 Gunship....anything that can lay down that kind of firepower is "beautiful"
Rescuer,
Destroyer,
Refueler,
Combat support (On the ramp at Khe San, 1966).
I could go on and on (the strange Fulton recovery system, satellite recovery, ski-birds, Entebbe rescue)...though not the prettiest, I have the same love for her that any pilot has for a plane that has gotten him out of trouble once or twice. It is extremely rugged and whenever I speak to a vet in any of the armed services they have usually taken a ride in her at some point, and recall her fondly.
+2 for you...and since you brought it up I love the Herc in all its incarnations:
Rescuer,
Destroyer,
Refueler,
Combat support (On the ramp at Khe San, 1966).
I could go on and on (the strange Fulton recovery system, satellite recovery, ski-birds, Entebbe rescue)...though not the prettiest, I have the same love for her that any pilot has for a plane that has gotten him out of trouble once or twice. It is extremely rugged and whenever I speak to a vet in any of the armed services they have usually taken a ride in her at some point, and recall her fondly.
Can't forget airshow demonstrator/logistics support.
+3Can't forget airshow demonstrator/logistics support.
I had the chance to ride on that big beauty at the Blues homecoming last Nov. I have a new respect for that big girl. She can move -yank and bank. Better than any other big girl I have been with ...
