Tomcat forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Boeing B-9 is prettier.

Even the ugly chicks need loving too. Thanks for stepping up and jumping on the grenade.

 

[buffnut453]

Even the ugly chics need loving too. Thanks for stepping up and jumping on the grenade.

That's why I love the Skua. I'd never even heard of it until, as a kid on holiday one year, I found an old Novo kit of the Skua (ex-Frog moulds) and I was just captivated. It was slow, not particularly attractive, and had a built-in drag-maker courtesy of that almost vertical windscreen...but I still love it to this day.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That's why I love the Skua. I'd never even heard of it until, as a kid on holiday one year, I found an old Novo kit of the Skua (ex-Frog moulds) and I was just captivated. It was slow, not particularly attractive, and had a built-in drag-maker courtesy of that almost vertical windscreen...but I still love it to this day.

You found it hidden under your dad's bed huh?

 

[vikingBerserker]

The Boeing B-9 is prettier.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!!!!

 

[special ed]

A B-9 with R-2800s

 

[nuuumannn]

It's been working for me so far.

Don't discredit your contribution, my friend...

Then explain Congress.

Didn't they get elected by the people into power? And Americans think communist style governments are a bad idea! (that was a joke, okay...)

When this gentleman speaks on modern air combat, I open my ears and I listen. A world of knowledge and real world experience he has. Thanks for being here Biff.

Agree 100 percent. Please keep us informed about your world, Biff, it's very enlightening.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Wrong again. The F-18 is made from better materials and fewer parts. It also takes less time to build. The F-18 is cheaper to build, operate, and maintain while providing greater capabilities.

Why do I feel like we all sound like a broken record? lol

Probably because you're talking to one!

 

[Wildcat]

This discussion immediately reminded me of the debate over the RAAF retiring the F-111. Fans argued that it was still a capable platform - it was faster and had a longer ranger then the Super Hornets we replaced it with. Though an awesome aircraft, it was old and costly to maintain. This quote from the XO of 1 sqn regarding the F-111 is pertinent to the Tomcat, particularly the huge efforts to keep an old aircraft in the air.

"Unfortunately, in an era of true look-down, shoot-down radars on enemy fighters, the F-111 is also an aircraft that can't defend itself well," added Riddel. "Flying it, the crews really have to sweat the small stuff. The cockpit has no head-up display, so the crews really have to work to the best of their abilities. The aircraft is old. It requires 187 maintenance man-hours per flight hour. The time has come to move on."

F-111: Australia's Big Stick | Code One Magazine

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Me too - we're expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow this afternoon!

Keep your head down, brotha, and drive safe.

 

[buffnut453]

This discussion immediately reminded me of the debate over the RAAF retiring the F-111. Fans argued that it was still a capable platform - it was faster and had a longer ranger then the Super Hornets we replaced it with. Though an awesome aircraft, it was old and costly to maintain. This quote from the XO of 1 sqn regarding the F-111 is pertinent to the Tomcat, particularly the huge efforts to keep an old aircraft in the air.

F-111: Australia's Big Stick | Code One Magazine

Ok...this is spooky. I know Dave Riddel, former F-111 nav. We did the RAF Aerosystems Course together at Cranwell in 2001-2002. Small world, huh?

 

[VA5124]

Keep your head down, brotha, and drive safe.

The afterburner from a tomcat would help that

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

The afterburner from a tomcat would help that

I'm doubtful it'd fit on his muffler, but I'm sure he appreciates the advice.

 

[VA5124]

I'm doubtful it'd fit on his muffler, but I'm sure he appreciates the advice.

It was supossed to be funny

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It was supossed to be funny

As was my reply.

 

[wuzak]

I now have this vision in my head of an F4U-4N with an AIM 54 under each wing as well as the radar section to the F-14 nose attached to the leading edge of one of the wings!

 

[VA5124]

I now have this vision in my head of an F4U-4N with an AIM 54 under each wing as well as the radar section to the F-14 nose attached to the leading edge of one of the wings!

Dumb idea

 

[SaparotRob]

I now have this vision in my head of an F4U-4N with an AIM 54 under each wing as well as the radar section to the F-14 nose attached to the leading edge of one of the wings!

Cool!

 

[GrauGeist]

Dumb idea

Just be glad your Tomcat never encountered the Empire...

 

[VA5124]

Just be glad your Tomcat never encountered the Empire...

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Star wars dont scare the cat stiill would run circles around you

 

[VA5124]

Just be glad your Tomcat never encountered the Empire...

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Its going to be odd for them when they hear fox 3 fox 3 and see a the phoeix flying at their face