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The US Government does it stupid (also: airplanes are fucking awesome)

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Sir Tacopuss:
pat you seem to have a thing for planes that look kinda chubby, like all the cats or the F-35... I actually prefer the ones that are a little more sleek and aggressive looking, like the F4U Corsair or good ole Spitfire. Regarding more modern planes, the french Dassault Rafale is hella sexy looking, too.





--- Quote ---F4U's (Corsairs) returning from a combat mission over North Korea circle the USS Boxer as they wait for planes in the next strike to be launched from her flight deck.
A helicopter hovers above the ship.
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And the Rafale:




Oh and btw, don't we have anyone from New York City on here? Odd isn't it?

David_Dovey:
Gene (Ballard) is from NYC, and I'm certain there are others.

Also the best planes were all in the RAF during WWII and that is that.

Patrick:

--- Quote from: Sir Tacopuss on 01 May 2009, 17:31 ---pat you seem to have a thing for planes that look kinda chubby, like all the cats or the F-35... I actually prefer the ones that are a little more sleek and aggressive looking, like the F4U Corsair or good ole Spitfire.

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Keep in mind that the Bearcat regularly reached well over 400mph (suck it, Corsair) and that the P-61 could outmaneuver the shit out of both of them. Also the inverse gull wing of the Corsair bugs me.

I will agree that the Spitfire is the most gorgeous machine ever to shoot other shit down, though. I am also partial to the looks of the DeHavilland Mosquito (as well as several other DeHavilland airplane designs, like their civilian transport plane Dragon Rapide).

LTK:

--- Quote from: Patrick on 01 May 2009, 16:31 ---We should make the mods retitle the thread "AIRPLANES ARE FUCKING AWESOME HOLY SHIT"

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At your service. (Am I the only one who is aware of the existence of the 'Edit' button?)

Inlander:
The only people who can edit the actual title of the thread, such that it appears in its new form in the sub-forum index, are the original poster or post-pirates mods and admins. Granted everyone can change the subject of their own post (as I have done, to reflect the fact that I am not American), but that will only affect that one post.

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