Donivanp
Captain
PHANTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We have Phantom and Mirage, wonder where is the 3rd, Ghost!No there was a Phantom it was no mirage, I know what I saw, or was it the desert sands? Might have been a Sopwith Camel
Won't be in a minute! It will have an impromptu toilette soon!Was that Chevy stock?
Anytime Baby!
Hmmm...can we use the same rationale for QAnon followers?But that's ways a "Q" type is! A target!
Barrraaahhhhaaaaaaa
Obsolete as it went into production.I know I posted these in another thread (where they didn't belong) but this is the correct place!!!!
IMHO the SEXIST aircraft ever built was the Mach II + B-58 Hustler!
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Obsolescence was not it's biggest problem! It was technologically way ahead of its time, it was not obsolete, it's designed flight parameters were obsolete. It was proven though that the aircraft could do low level high speed penetration mission. The problem was that the aircraft was a maintenance nightmare. Accident rate was also high. The mission is what killed the XB-70 as well. The B-58 kept the opposition on it's toes.Obsolete as it went into production.
F-86 / F-5 era design?I know I posted these in another thread (where they didn't belong) but this is the correct place!!!!
IMHO the SEXIST aircraft ever built was the Mach II + B-58 Hustler!
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Contrarily to the B-58, by 1966, the same era and profile Mirage IV was adapted to the low level nuclear strike up to 1996, which required switching from the nice silver finish to the dull grey and green cammo. It soldiered for the strategic recon role up to 2006.Obsolescence was not it's biggest problem! It was technologically way ahead of its time, it was not obsolete, it's designed flight parameters were obsolete. It was proven though that the aircraft could do low level high speed penetration mission. The problem was that the aircraft was a maintenance nightmare. Accident rate was also high. The mission is what killed the XB-70 as well. The B-58 kept the opposition on it's toes.
once the mission went away, so did the rationale for the plane. It was not adaptable, similar to a one trick pony. Thus obsolete.Obsolescence was not its biggest problem! It was technologically way ahead of its time, it was not obsolete, its designed flight parameters were obsolete. It was proven though that the aircraft could do low level high speed penetration mission. The problem was that the aircraft was a maintenance nightmare. Accident rate was also high. The mission is what killed the XB-70 as well. The B-58 kept the opposition on its toes.