[ARCHIVED THREAD] - F16 Falcon (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/14/2014 1:43:56 PM EDT
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Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper
Probably since the time you wore a diaper We got every mission that you do I can fly 'em all better than you Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper 'Cause we're single seat multirole We can fly right up our own asshole Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper 
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The new ones look hideous with all the spines and bulges and the rest. For looks, nothing beats the original YF16 in its red, white and blue hi-viz scheme. A clean looking block 40/42 in a peregrine scheme does it for me :) 
I was born in the background of that picture, just at the foot of these mountains 
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My last assigned acft were F-16A/B.
I was a Dock Shop Weenie for four years. I learned not to hate them thar Suck & Blow Tinker Toys. After all, I am a Prop Head by nature. 
It's pretty kewl to watch one fly straight-up out of sight, knowing I was the Guy that bolted the engine in & hooked-up the fuel line. The Ol' Crew Chief |
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Quoted: These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 |
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Was at Cannon from '99-03. 523rd and the 428th (Singapore squadron, Blk 52) those were beautiful aircraft. Quoted:
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These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 99% chance that I EOR'd you a few times.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Lawn Dart thread FPNI I came here to post this lol.  I had to build all the infrastructure to support the precious falcon's overseas. They're prima donna's. I'm not saying they're not amazing capable aircraft. They're absolutely amazing...when they're flying.
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Have you guys seen this? Purty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HlNv8l9Ro4M |
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Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper
Probably since the time you wore a diaper We got every mission that you do I can fly 'em all better than you Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper 'Cause we're single seat multirole We can fly right up our own asshole Yeah all you fuckers wish you flew the viper aww, i came here to post this. |
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Having talked with a couple AF jockeys (A-10, F-15, F/A-18E) they all pretty much said this about the F-16:
"There are only two kinds of Viper pilots: those who have ejected, and those who are going to." There's a damned good reason why most of the premiere fighters in the world have more than one engine 
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Even though I was a Navy AB and from Texas, I think these tail markings are one of the best I have ever seen. Shame they traded in their F-16s for KC-135s last I heard. http://www.f-16.net/g3/var/resizes/f-16-photos/album38/album68/adq.jpg?m=1371932709 Yep, several years ago. |
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Quoted: These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason?
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Even though I was a Navy AB and from Texas, I think these tail markings are one of the best I have ever seen. Shame they traded in their F-16s for KC-135s last I heard. http://www.f-16.net/g3/var/resizes/f-16-photos/album38/album68/adq.jpg?m=1371932709 Complete with 556 on the tail. |
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Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Do you have a "need" to know? Quoted:
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These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Do you have a "need" to know? It's swamp gas. The aircrew makes it "in-place".
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Not at all. When some of the jets looked different in what I assumed to be a bunch of identical copies, it threw me for a loop. Ironically - I thought back to my days as a young kid making model planes and being upset that some of my conopy's were not perfectly clear! |
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Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Do you have a "need" to know? Not at all. When some of the jets looked different in what I assumed to be a bunch of identical copies, it threw me for a loop. Ironically - I thought back to my days as a young kid making model planes and being upset that some of my conopy's were not perfectly clear! Quoted:
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These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Do you have a "need" to know? Not at all. When some of the jets looked different in what I assumed to be a bunch of identical copies, it threw me for a loop. Ironically - I thought back to my days as a young kid making model planes and being upset that some of my conopy's were not perfectly clear! I don't know if this is accurate, but it seems legit. Have wondered myself. WikiAnswers to the rescue. |
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Having talked with a couple AF jockeys (A-10, F-15, F/A-18E) they all pretty much said this about the F-16: "There are only two kinds of Viper pilots: those who have ejected, and those who are going to." There's a damned good reason why most of the premiere fighters in the world have more than one engine Erich Hartmann was shot down something like 14 to 17 times; I'm certain he told me 17. |
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Too bad they never produced the XL http://instapinch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/F-16XL-5.jpg For what purpose? The idea isn't to build cool looking airplanes, it's to build capable airplanes. Cool will follow if they are capable. The XL doesn't look cool, either. To my eye, it has a metric boat load of wetted area and poor area ruling. |
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... I don't know if this is accurate, but it seems legit. Have wondered myself. WikiAnswers to the rescue. Most of that article is wrong, not even close. |
| "These changes resulted in a 25% improvement in maximum lift-to-drag ratio in supersonic flight and 11% in subsonic flight, and a plane that reportedly handled much more smoothly at high speeds and low altitudes. The enlargements increased fuel capacity by 82%. The F-16XL could carry twice the ordnance of the F-16 and deliver it 40% farther. The enlarged wing allowed a total of 27 hardpoints:" |
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For what purpose? The idea isn't to build cool looking airplanes, it's to build capable airplanes. Cool will follow if they are capable. The XL doesn't look cool, either. To my eye, it has a metric boat load of wetted area and poor area ruling. Quoted:
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Too bad they never produced the XL http://instapinch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/F-16XL-5.jpg For what purpose? The idea isn't to build cool looking airplanes, it's to build capable airplanes. Cool will follow if they are capable. The XL doesn't look cool, either. To my eye, it has a metric boat load of wetted area and poor area ruling. Massive bomb load. 
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These were my ladies. I washed the far two jets and crewed the Wing flagship for this photo flight. http://i.imgur.com/PDFSxyw.jpg?1 Sweet! Quick question though, what's with the different colored canopy's? Some have an orangish/brownish hue, while some are more blue. Is there a reason? Do you have a "need" to know? 
eta from the googles Have Glass is the code name for a series of RCS reduction measures for the F-16 fighter. Its primary aspect is the addition of an indium-tin-oxide layer to the gold tinted cockpit canopy. This is reflective to radar frequencies, while it may seem odd, adding a radar reflective coating actually reduces the plane's visibility to radar. An ordinary canopy would let radar signals straight through where they would strike the many edges and corners inside and bounce back strongly to the source, the reflective layer dissipates these signals instead. Overall, Have Glass reduces an F-16's RCS (radar-cross section) by some 15 percent. |
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LOL, they always treated me right. 1880 hrs and never sent one plummeting into someone's lawn  Quoted:
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Lol lawn dart You've surely seen the movies of high centerline bird shots on the canopy; that's way more scary than a single engine. |
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Too bad they never produced the XL http://instapinch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/F-16XL-5.jpg For what purpose? The idea isn't to build cool looking airplanes, it's to build capable airplanes. Cool will follow if they are capable. The XL doesn't look cool, either. To my eye, it has a metric boat load of wetted area and poor area ruling. Massive bomb load. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=66342 
Compare that to the Strike Eagle's. You know the aircraft that beat out the XL Lawn Dart. |
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Erich Hartmann was shot down something like 14 to 17 times; I'm certain he told me 17. Quoted:
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Having talked with a couple AF jockeys (A-10, F-15, F/A-18E) they all pretty much said this about the F-16: "There are only two kinds of Viper pilots: those who have ejected, and those who are going to." There's a damned good reason why most of the premiere fighters in the world have more than one engine Erich Hartmann was shot down something like 14 to 17 times; I'm certain he told me 17. Don't know how accurate it is but wiki says he was never shot down once. Apparently he was brought down 14 times due to damage incurred by parts flying off aircraft he shot to hell. |