SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Beautiful plane. The right color too.
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I think it ironic that in late WWII, the USA was the country most able to paint its aircraft anything it wanted and the only one that did not paint so many of them at all. The Japanese did not paint some, or not very much, but I think that was because they were out of paint.
Paint on military aircraft is designed to camouflage them. The US was saying, "We don't care if you can see us! We are going to kick your butts!"
I read where a WWII Luftwaffe pilot saw a large flight of aircraft at high altitude and wondered who it was.
Then there was flash of light on polished metal and he said, "Oh! Its THEM!"
The first airplane I ever flew in was a natural metal SC ANG C-54. The first jet I got to fly in and the first that I got to handle the controls on was a unpainted USAF T-33A.
Want to guess what my personal aircraft looks like?
And yes, I need to go polish it. It does not look quite that good right now.
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I think it ironic that in late WWII, the USA was the country most able to paint its aircraft anything it wanted and the only one that did not paint so many of them at all. The Japanese did not paint some, or not very much, but I think that was because they were out of paint.
Paint on military aircraft is designed to camouflage them. The US was saying, "We don't care if you can see us! We are going to kick your butts!"
I read where a WWII Luftwaffe pilot saw a large flight of aircraft at high altitude and wondered who it was.
Then there was flash of light on polished metal and he said, "Oh! Its THEM!"
There were a small number of Seafire III amongst the FAA squadrons in the East Indies and British Pacific Fleets around the end of WW2. This example on HMS Hunter entering Singapore Harbour on 11th Sept 1945.If they were NMF nothing would say "this is a fighter Airfield better than a dozen polished aluminium Spitfires parked in the countryside.
That is a cool looking plane, what is it?I think it ironic that in late WWII, the USA was the country most able to paint its aircraft anything it wanted and the only one that did not paint so many of them at all. The Japanese did not paint some, or not very much, but I think that was because they were out of paint.
Paint on military aircraft is designed to camouflage them. The US was saying, "We don't care if you can see us! We are going to kick your butts!"
I read where a WWII Luftwaffe pilot saw a large flight of aircraft at high altitude and wondered who it was.
Then there was flash of light on polished metal and he said, "Oh! Its THEM!"
The first airplane I ever flew in was a natural metal SC ANG C-54. The first jet I got to fly in and the first that I got to handle the controls on was a unpainted USAF T-33A.
Want to guess what my personal aircraft looks like?
And yes, I need to go polish it. It does not look quite that good right now.
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That is a cool looking plane, what is it?
While I understand your statement, and I do like the Mirage III, It ain't in the same classroom as the SIXWhile the F-106 has some competition from Dassault, the Hustler is all that and a side of fries.
Yeah I know, as in Ur Miss Kentucky (Mirage) v Miss Universe (DA SIX) , Some competition. No bios intended, not opinionated, JUST RIGHT... ;-()I said "some" competition.
B58, yes but I am a F101 fan. They were based down the street from me as a kid. F101 was the first fighter I was allowed to sit in. Must have been around 11 or 12.I've been telling you over and over the two SEXIEST aircraft EVER came out of Convair..... The B-58 and the F-106.
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True quite true. It was crazy fast. Nice way to loose an arm or head.F-106 used high pressure gas bottles to power the pneumatic actuators used to lower and raise the missile launchers as well as open and close the missile bay doors. MUCH faster in operation than hydraulics, but you want to talk about something that could screw you up good... The T.O. on the missile launch actuator basically said to follow the instructions EXACTLY if you did not want to die. Another engineeer told me he needed some help on it and I asked why. He replied he was too scared to mess with it. When I read the manual I saw why.