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Yooformula
11-02-2006, 12:58 AM
Anyone else watching this? I loved that plane growing up, too cool to watch them fly.
CruxGNZ
11-02-2006, 01:10 AM
Watched it. Was a great show!
Yooformula
11-02-2006, 01:15 AM
wow it was sad watching them take the planes apart into scrap. I wasnt expecting that.
VroomPshhTsi
11-02-2006, 01:23 AM
i just caught the last 15 minutes of it... damn nice plane, but my fav has to be the A-10 Warthog
Yooformula
11-02-2006, 01:28 AM
I always wondered if you could buy one when they were finally retired from a plane yard but I guess not.
VroomPshhTsi
11-02-2006, 01:38 AM
haha remember when pepsi had the points collecting thing and they had the commercial for a harrier jet if you collected 100 million points and some guy actually collected that many and sued for false advertising :rolf
Flight_740
11-02-2006, 10:18 AM
I love the history channal. Watched it lastnight. Great show.
mike90lxII
11-02-2006, 10:25 AM
When I was in the Navy I worked on the flight deck of the USS George Washington. Would watch them take off all the time.

They go alot faster then the quoted in the show. I saw one at NAS JAX in FL,
take off the end of the runway and go straight up until you couldn't see it anymore, pretty cool.

Seen them land with panels peeling back from flyin' so fast.:headbang

Yeah I did catch the show, but my girl started giving me head about 1/2 way through so I missed the end.
DirtyMax
11-02-2006, 10:32 AM
Damn, I always miss these specials. I'll have to see if it's showing again anytime soon and DVR it.



Yeah I did catch the show, but my girl started giving me head about 1/2 way through so I missed the end.

Since someone is going to say it eventually... Pics of girl or ban. :devil
Flight_740
11-02-2006, 10:38 AM
Yeah I did catch the show, but my girl started giving me head about 1/2 way through so I missed the end.


Don't you love that??:headbang
mike90lxII
11-02-2006, 11:01 AM
Don't you love that??:headbang
How can you not love it:thumbsup
wikked
11-02-2006, 11:31 AM
haha remember when pepsi had the points collecting thing and they had the commercial for a harrier jet if you collected 100 million points and some guy actually collected that many and sued for false advertising :rolf

False :goof
http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pepsijet.asp
I had to look that up though, because I couldn't remember if it actually did happen :D
VroomPshhTsi
11-02-2006, 01:11 PM
False :goof
http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pepsijet.asp
I had to look that up though, because I couldn't remember if it actually did happen :D

Well I was right that he did take them to court, just wasn't sure the number of points the commercial was and if that case actually went somewhere. Nice find though.
Heat Seeker WS6
11-02-2006, 02:35 PM
http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/sarge/Tomcat.gif

I DVR'd the special last night. Barnes & Nobles has a book that just got released that is on the plane's history. I've only seen the F14 in person once and no piece of machinery is more badass.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-14-cvn70-2.jpg
Yooformula
11-02-2006, 03:43 PM
False :goof
http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pepsijet.asp
I had to look that up though, because I couldn't remember if it actually did happen :D

HAHAHA I knew I wouldnt be the only person Snoping that out!! Leave it to Wikked....phucking awesome!!
wikked
11-02-2006, 04:45 PM
http://www.wikked.com/icon/rofl.gif
I can't help it! I can't let shìt float around in wonderment, I need answers or it'll drive me nuts thinking about it :D
USMARINE1108
11-02-2006, 11:09 PM
"talk to me goose......"

I've spent some time on the flight deck myself. They are awesome, but aged and outdated. Still great aircraft, even if they're always broke! In the naval aviation comunity there's a ratio that's pretty important to think about. That's maintanance hours to flight hours. Where as a Hornet is around 2/1, a Tomcat is something like 30/1. Not only that, but the capabilitys of them are also aged and outdated. With that being said, they're still one of my favorite aircraft.
Flight_740
11-03-2006, 09:24 AM
I've also been watching that new one. "Dogfights" pretty cool show.
Heat Seeker WS6
11-03-2006, 03:26 PM
One of the very 1st books I ever read was "Fox 2". It was the story of Randy "Duke" Cunningham & his RIO William Discroll- they were talked about on that show. They were the Navy's Vietnam aces with 5 Mig kills.

Fox 2= AIM9 Sidewinder= Heatseeker :thumbsup
USMARINE1108
11-03-2006, 06:55 PM
Fox 2= AIM9 Sidewinder= Heatseeker :thumbsup

It's all about the AIM9X these days. That's a bad mother trucker!