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The US Government does it stupid (also: airplanes are fucking awesome)
Coward:
Ahem...
Recognise.
no one special:
--- Quote from: Slick on 01 May 2009, 09:20 ---So, A-10 Thunderbolt: coolest plane ever or what?
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QFT. i heart the Warthog so much, it hurts sometimes.
Seriously though, I do think it's think one of the most incredible aircrafts around.
For the uninitiated:
This is the A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. the A-10 Warthog)
Is it powerful? This is its main weapon (in comparison with a VW Beetle:
Is it tough? This is the kind of damage it can withstand and still make it home:
These pics don't really do it enough justice, but trust me... it's a beautiful thing. :-)
CardinalFang:
I'm fond of the old prop planes myself.
The P-38 is my all time favorite.
Patrick:
We should make the mods retitle the thread "AIRPLANES ARE FUCKING AWESOME HOLY SHIT"
For military prop-jobs, my vote goes to the Grumman F7F Tigercat, Grumman F8F Bearcat (bonus mention of Rare Bear, my absolute favorite air racing plane), and the Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
Civilian prop-jobs are the Lockheed Constellation, Delmar Benjamin's homemade flying replica of the GeeBee R-2 (now in a museum, I was lucky enough to see it do several aerobatic routines when I was a kid), and the Super Guppy (can't remember the manufacturer, but it's a one-off machine anyway).
For jets, F-35 and Gotha Go-229.
pwhodges:
I don't think any plane has been more beatiful than Concorde (and not just because I programmed one of the computers used in its airframe structural testing rig at Farnborough). Pretty noisy, though. I often used to drive through Heathrow airport late at night (before the M25 motorway round London was built), and from time to time had to wait while a Concorde taxied across the road in front of me to its special hangar. It looked as magnificent close up as when, say, taking off.
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