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The US Government does it stupid (also: airplanes are fucking awesome)
Patrick:
Sukhoi Su-47 (designated S-37 during the flight-test phase):
This will outmaneuver the fuck out of anything the USAF currently has. Well-played on that composite-construction forward-swept wing, Sukhoi!
McTaggart:
I love how all these really really manouverable jets are basically big fuck-off jet engines with some control surfaces and an ejector seat.
Who needs wings when you've got obscene amounts of thrust?
Patrick:
I think you are talking about the F-104:
(hey guize anybody recognize the name for that airplane? SOUND FAMILIAR?)
Fucker went like Mach 3 or some shit? Can't remember exactly.
David_Dovey:
I think the winner on that account is the MiG-15 and MiG-17
Also, fuck me the Concorde is a beautiful machine
It makes me so sad to think of how that turned out. Such a buzz-kill.
SirJuggles:
Have you guys seen the MiG-35? This is everything the little boy in me says a fighter jet should look like:
Also if you skip to about 2:00 into this video, you will see it do something that makes me go :-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOzp7iL-QHI
Apparently it is somehow capable of reorienting itself in midflight, without changing direction of travel. I was under the impression that airplanes could not do this, and I find it incredibly cool.
Disclaimer: I do not know that much about airplanes and so may be completely wrong.
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