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Clemen wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:58 pm Can never have too much Ekranoplan in my book
Amen.......there were some pretty stunning airframes to come out of Russia during that time.

Spigzy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:42 pm but for me the Tomcat just had more style to it


True, they don't come sexier than the F-14

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But strangely enough.....my heart was always set on the A-6 Intruder

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These are a few pictures I took at USS Intrepid in June 2004. I tried going there in January a few years before but got chased off by some very stern-looking serviceman. I didn't realize it was only open in the warmer months. Anyway there is an amazing array of aircraft there, as well as a submarine.
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Brody wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:08 am My background is in military aviation and I have been an aviation enthusiast all my life.

My personal favorite era is the cold war....some amazing designs were birthed during that dangerously competitive time.

For the aviation geeks out there:



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Thats fascinating. Is there like some kind of giant goddamed spring under that ships deck that boosts the plane off so fast? Im like thinking 10,000 times bigger than the one in a ball point pen.
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Whoa that one dude almost broke a fingernail!
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Marty wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:46 am Thats fascinating. Is there like some kind of giant goddamed spring under that ships deck that boosts the plane off so fast? Im like thinking 10,000 times bigger than the one in a ball point pen.
Of sorts- giggle the steam catapult.
I wonder if the mag version will get going in the nearer future?
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