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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:24:37 AM EDT
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I'll take one if shipping's the same price as delivery charges for a Hyundai. I'm sure they could just put it on the next boat.
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Posted: 8/17/2005 1:25:55 PM EDT
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<stupid redneck accent on>"That there sure is lots of buttons n stuff"<stupid redneck accent off> Pat |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 1:35:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2005 1:47:47 PM EDT
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[TomCruise]Those are MiGs!! What's an F-5?[/TomCruise]
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Posted: 8/17/2005 5:24:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2005 5:25:22 PM EDT
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Those Starfighters are Immensely LOUD!
When I was stationed in Italy a Starfighter flew out of an airbase where I was awaiting transport from a C130.  For such a small aircraft it sure generated a loud of noise. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 7:40:38 PM EDT
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But when it does a high speed pass, it is unbelievably quiet until it gets past you. While stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, working avionics on F-111Fs, I was able to catch an Air Fete at Mildenhall. There were two German marked F-104s, like pictured below, and possibly the same two. Anyway, they made a number of high speed passes, that were simply AWESOME. They called the F-111 whispering death in Vietnam, because they could sneek up on you, but these two were more like silent death. 
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Posted: 8/17/2005 7:47:08 PM EDT
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Less than diesel........  I could park one in my front yard and scare the zombies with it. 
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Posted: 8/17/2005 8:59:11 PM EDT
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I'd take the F-5, the F-104 is not a forgiving aircraft and is needs to be flown by a damn good pilot.
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:01:42 PM EDT
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Lets translate that shall we.... The F5 is an AIRPLANE The F104 is a missle with a man in it. A POS aircraft with little manuverability, payload, usefullness, other than pure speed and killing pilots... |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:06:33 PM EDT
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It was customary for CF-104's to open the Abbotsford BC Airshow with a thundering pass at exactly the start time. They would come out from behind the viewing area with a ROARRRRR.
The CF-104's had the nickname "The Widowmaker" amongst CDN Forces pilots. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:06:49 PM EDT
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Would you piss your pants to hold your spot in line for one of those?
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:09:40 PM EDT
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piss in the dude's pocket in front of me. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:10:18 PM EDT
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Twice 
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:15:59 PM EDT
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The F-104 was by far the loudest aircraft of the two of them. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:19:02 PM EDT
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When Erich Hartmann and Gunther Rall flew it first for the Luftwaffe, they both concluded that quite a few pilots were going to die and they were quite correct. For those who don't know, Erich Hartmann on shot down a mere 352 aircraft and Gunther Rall a shabby 275 aircraft, both also flew the Bf-109 which killed more inexperienced pilots on landings/takeoff than combat did. To say they were exceptional pilots is an understatement. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:21:30 PM EDT
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Exceptional? Probably the top 5 fighter pilots of all time. Bar none. Hell, I bet there wont ever be pilots as good at the old fashioned stick and rudder dogfights again. The F104 is a killer like the AV8A was. |
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Posted: 8/17/2005 9:56:19 PM EDT
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The top 3, Hartmann (352), Barkhorn (301), and Rall (275) all flew in JG 52, Rall was Hartmann's Commander for a spell. Rall was the best deflection shooter of them all, they say he even was better than Marseille. Rall was an exceptional leader, he's got charisma in spades, a very smart pilot who knew his machine and knew his enemies. He shot down Hub Zemke's wing man, another P-47, and nearly got Zemke himself, he ended up getting chased by the Wolfpack and a .50 round took off his thumb.Hartmann was a farking machine!!!! An exceptional pilot with outstanding eyesight, smart, almost ESP like ability to find the enemy, and an outstanding tactician who also valued his wingman's life more than a kill. He also specialized in shooting down fighters flown by Russia's best pilots, his tally's on P-39's, LA-5's, and Yak's are staggering. Between 1 and 20 August 1943, he carried out 54 combat sorties and shot down 49 Soviet aircraft.
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Posted: 8/17/2005 10:07:19 PM EDT
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for 100$ ill buy 10
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Posted: 8/18/2005 5:35:53 AM EDT
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Nope, that a F-5F. The ones for sale are A and B model F-5s. Here's ROKAF F-5A 
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Posted: 8/18/2005 5:49:11 AM EDT
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Those were F-5A's of the Malaysian Air Force in the movie BAT-21 also.
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