Posted: 12/21/2007 4:42:25 PM EDT
Tonight's theme is Saab fighters. Don't know how well they compare to ours, but they sure look cool. Draken's to start with.            |
And it is one of sites that is not blocked at work. I had lots of time to search for pics since the F-15s I work on are still grounded. 
I know. Sharing some cool picss with the masses. 
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Those look exactly like the planes in the movie Flyboys |
Hasn't the aircraft corrosion video taught you anything? Spot cleaning between aircraft washes will reduce both corrosion and the amount of time you spend in the wash rack. 
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The video with the guy with the old master seargent stripes doing a BPO postflight inspection? I completly forgot about that video! 
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It's no Freddy FOD or switchguards video, but it'll still make you want to kill yourself. |
How about the fire extinguisher training video where the guy is the same height as the fire bottle,  |
The Hill AFB chief that appearantly wasn't told that he only had one take, no matter how bad it was? |
Or the Jay Jay The Jet Plane marshalling trainging CBT... 
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     107' long 58' wingspan 68,000lbs empty 172,000 lbs max weight 12,000 gallons of fuel 65000lbs of thrust 85,000+ foot/ 16+ mile ceiling mach 3.2, 2200mph speed actual performance numbers could be higher, but these are the highest established numbers. its rumored to have gone much higher and faster than was reported. flys high enough that you can see the curvature of the earth. fast enough that it outruns the sun. cost $33million in the 1960s. 85% titanium construction. the cameras have a 6" resolution from 85000 feet. throw an AR mag on the ground, and the cameras can get a picture of it from 16 miles up. East coast to West coast in 1hr 8 minutes New York to London in 1 hour 54 minutes we dont need no steeeenkin' swede planes!! |
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A very cool vid of a Vigen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3l32XlgGqU&NR=1 -K |
one of these days I will learn that and stop posting mine in the Team or Avi forums Pat |
 I didn't know that the JA 37 Viggen had thrust reverse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=31gpy1dx-Hc |
Guess that explains the weird exhaust. |