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« Reply #30 on: November 01, 2007, 10:51:12 AM »
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The P38 on a stick looks like one of Dan/Corkyjr's normal landings .
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« Reply #31 on: November 01, 2007, 10:54:42 AM »
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But (other than the Shuttle) the X-15 is still the fastest man carrying winged craft.  The X-43A was a robot.  Not bad for (nearly) a senior citizen.


I'm impressed!

(nearly) Senior Citizens of the male variety are sexy!

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« Reply #32 on: November 01, 2007, 10:55:56 AM »
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My Dad worked for Motorola and did some work on the radio and it's housing on the X-15.


That's cool!

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« Reply #33 on: November 01, 2007, 04:40:16 PM »
You should visit the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson AZ. where there are many aircraft on display. They are also on the ground and can be touched in many cases.
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« Reply #34 on: November 01, 2007, 05:00:31 PM »
Very much a fun trip, Pima is a gotta see... I happened to pass by last year on my way to Carson City... I only had a couple of hours though... that place is an all day trip....
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« Reply #35 on: November 01, 2007, 05:13:45 PM »
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Very much a fun trip, Pima is a gotta see... I happened to pass by last year on my way to Carson City...


When I was in college, I was hitching down to Tuscon, and when I was just a couple hundred miles, maybe only a ride or two away, I was standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see... a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me...
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« Reply #36 on: November 01, 2007, 05:36:29 PM »
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Tigress,

I'm an instructor at lackland...


I'll see you in February!
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« Reply #37 on: November 01, 2007, 05:54:26 PM »
the x43a was unmaned.

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« Reply #38 on: November 01, 2007, 06:59:39 PM »
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When I was in college, I was hitching down to Tuscon, and when I was just a couple hundred miles, maybe only a ride or two away, I was standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see... a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me...

and then you woke up from your nap....
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« Reply #39 on: November 01, 2007, 07:09:03 PM »
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PS: Mine is the SR-71 Blackbird. I have touched one; it touched me back.
It's skin is like the touch of glass sanded to an ultra-smooth matt finish.

It is on permanent ground-level open display at a San Antonio, Texas, Air Force base... or was.
It is sooo big... to stand next to it is unbelievable.


You're still talking about the sr-71, right?
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« Reply #40 on: November 02, 2007, 01:40:07 AM »


Loved the way it looked. Turned out to be a flop.
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« Reply #41 on: November 02, 2007, 01:47:31 AM »
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YF-23.  I always felt it should have won, not the F22.

YF-23 was also about 3 times as expensive as the F-22.
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« Reply #42 on: November 02, 2007, 07:04:48 AM »
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You're still talking about the sr-71, right?


Yes...

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« Reply #43 on: November 02, 2007, 07:05:49 AM »
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Loved the way it looked. Turned out to be a flop.


It's a very beautiful looking design. Which one is it?

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« Reply #44 on: November 02, 2007, 07:10:14 AM »
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Originally posted by Maverick
You should visit the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson AZ. where there are many aircraft on display. They are also on the ground and can be touched in many cases.


I try to visit Air Museums where ever I go.

If I have the opportunity I will follow your advice and seek out the Pima Air and Space Museum!

Thanks!

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