Recent content by JohnnyL

I return in equal measures that which is first dispensed to me. I don't like being referred to that way. Noone would. I think it's rude for you to threaten me when you were the one who was antagonistic in the first place.

I've been giving alot of thought to the modern conception of fighter combat. I've developed a little hypothesis here, and I want some outside opinions. Anyhow, the idea is that as stealth technology gets better and better, BVR combat would actually become less practiced, due to the inability...

I am reminded of a certain quote by George S. Patton.

I want a MiG-15.

Chuck Yeager flew both planes, and said that they were identical in all respects.

"...[P-38s] could turn inside us with ease and they could go from level flight to climb almost instantaneously. We lost quite a few pilots who tried to make an attack and then pull up. The P-38s were on them at once. They closed so quickly that there was little one could do except roll...

See, the thing was, the reason they told their pilots that was because, until the -38, no U.S. plane could turn inside those fighters. However, in order to do so, you had to use the throttles seperately, i.e. powering up the outside engine and trailing the inside one, as well as trust the...

You think that the Lightning was the only aircraft that suffered from compressibility? Not by far. The lightning did have less-than-perfect visibility, but it wasn't poor, and it's visibility was by far better than the P-51B, the P-47C, or any spitfire. True, the B and C versions of the P-51...

Like I said, everywhere but the ETO...

I'd take a P-39. But only with the turbocharged engine that was never implemented. :P

I speak basic spanish, basic arabic, and a very basic framework klingon. I also understand many romance languages when written, because of my training in classical latin.

I'm scared. My classical latin training allowed me to understand more of that than I realised. :O

I'm just jaded. I've seen alot of crazy stuff. If you tell me that you did or saw some crazy thing, I'll probably believe you. Don't let that make you think that I'm gullible. I've just seen enough to know that people really can be THAT crazy. Unfortunately, alot of people don't...

STG = Sturmgewehr = Assault Rifle It was the weapon that coined the term! I want one!

I'm probably going to be a lawyer. I know what you're thinking, "what the hell does a lawyer need with a degree in biology?" I don't know, either, but what's wrong with taking a degree in your hobby, eh? And I haven't the slightest idea what Facebook is, but if it's anything like Myspace, I...