Author Topic: Stealth killed fighter beauty (Read 1224 times)

Tarmac · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:35:14 AM »

F4 Phantom and F8 Crusader are up there too.

Chairboy · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:35:15 AM »

I betcha there were people who said the same thing when the first Jets came out and the era of prop fighters came to an end. One generation's sexy plane is the previous generation's ricer.

NUKE · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:36:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Octavius
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now you lost me. What are you talking about? lol.

Octavius · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:36:22 AM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
F4 Phantom and F8 Crusader are up there too.

Geez, thanks. F4 definitely

Nilsen · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:40:23 AM »

F4 is very nice, but i think the P47 is beautiful too so my taste is prolly bad

NUKE · « **Reply #20 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:41:46 AM »

My Fav US Jets of all time are, in no particular order: F-86,
SR-71, XB-70, F-4 Phantom, F-5 Freedom Fighter, B-1, B-2, B-52, A-4 Skyhawk, F-111 Ardvark, F-104, F-14-, F-15, F-16, F-18, A-10....

I'm sure I forgot some, but these are among my favorites.

Tarmac · « **Reply #21 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:47:06 AM »

Oooh yeah, F-111 is another nice one.

Nash · « **Reply #22 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:42:35 AM »

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This plane is sweet - it reminds me of Mario Andretti.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #23 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:48:13 AM »

While I would agree that the F22 prototypes were ugly, I think the production version is quite beutiful especially with the new transluscent paint they are using.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:51:08 AM »

streakeagle · « **Reply #25 on:** April 29, 2004, 08:21:20 AM »

To me, the F-22 has always looked like they started with an F-15 and modified it to conform to stealth requirements.

The F-23 looked far more innovative and like the "next generation".

Westy · « **Reply #26 on:** April 29, 2004, 08:26:48 AM »

Exactly Streakeagle!

As for those who think the F4 is a good looking jet? Good Cod

Halo · « **Reply #27 on:** April 29, 2004, 10:04:03 AM »

Nuke, the A-5 was a twin jet high wing Navy nuclear bomber (unusual rearward ejection) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It became more successful in a later recon version, the RA-5C.

Nice-looking aircraft, somewhat like a bigger and more graceful FB-111 and without any variable wings.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 29, 2004, 10:10:59 AM »

Halo Did they call it the vigilante? The A5?

The F-86 sabre is my all time fav jet, and the it beat chuck yeager through the sound barrier!
(in a dive)

bozon · « **Reply #29 on:** April 29, 2004, 10:12:17 AM »

am I the only one thinking that "beauty" is redundant if you are a true "stealth"?

does the invisible man shave every morning?

Bozon