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Monday, September 05, 2005

Some pictures of a beautiful thing.




Yeah, I know I posted about the F-14 a while back, but this big guy here is the real love of my life! Thanks you, Air and Space Smithsonian, for saving one of them for me to see. (-:

8 comments:

  1. hey that's an A-6 intruder! i loved the book Flight of the Intruder when I was kid. they're going to can it soon aren't they?

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  2. Canned nearly ten years ago, my friend, I'm sorry to say.

    Most of them were stripped down, towed out into the middle of the Atlantic, and sunk to form an artificial reef.

    I can't remember the number of surviving aircraft left on the planet, but it's something like 20. Not many. )-:

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  3. oh. you a military brat? i grew up near Pease AFB in NH. A-10 and it's 30mm cannon still my fav

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  4. Go A-10 Warthogs!!! love those things.

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  5. A military brat? Navy Reserve.

    Ugh. I'll admit it- the A-10 is one of the few aircraft I just cannot handle, no matter how hard I try. It's most of my friends' favorite, though.

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  6. Really? I know someone who abhors the ugly beats, personally . . .

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  7. I like 'em because they look cool and have some amazing abilities. Such as being able to make it home with half their wing surface gone. :)

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