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BAM'n'IVM

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  1. Forget it, Waco. Some folks are dead set to disagree with you no matter what, and others just won't see the resemblance between this aircraft and an F-22. Nor will they understand the difference between pointing out a resemblance and claiming it's a stolen design.

  2. Kind'a looks like a slightly squished Raptor with Sukhoi engines and forward fuselage. Pretty, though - and I don't often say that about Russian designs. Definitely not a "copy", but definitely thinking along the same lines.

  3. I'ts probably because I am a hard-core Treker. The movie wasn't Star Trek, it was Star Wars with characters named after Star Trek characters.

    Eh, I'm one too - life long, got dozens of the novels, seen every episode at least once (except for a handful of "Voyager"...), own several of the movies...I loved the recent reboot. It wasn't the Star Trek we were used to, but hey. If it doesn't evolve and change, it'll be time to put the last nail in the coffin. Or torpedo casing, whichever the case may be.

    As for Ms Bujold...yeah, she clearly wasn't comfortable with the role and wasn't sure how to approach the subject matter.

  4. This is just so wrong in so many ways. Where are the gear doors and what's up with the nose gear strut?

    When the USAF preps 'em for display, the gear doors get welded shut with cut-outs for the gear struts to poke through. Keeps birds from nesting in 'em, I guess. Also makes 'em look weird with the nekkid gear struts sticking down...you'd think they'd just put some sheet metal over the gear bays if they're worried about it.

  5. Did this show have a theme song about "The bells of Hell go ding-a-ling for you but not for me?" If so, I caught a few episodes years ago when I was a kid on my local PBS station. Always wished I could've seen all of it.

  6. In the rare case of a gun fight with a fighter, the remote control turret is almost useless. Consider the limited field of view provided by the camera to the operator and a fast maneuvering target, the chance of chasing down the target to get a gun hit is very slim.

    Tell that to SSgt Sameul O. Turner and A1C Albert E. Moore, both of the USAF. They were B-52 tail turret gunners in VietNam, and both scored MiG kills - both on MiG-21s.

  7. I've been looking for this thread...

    Last week (Thursday?) I saw a P-3 on approach to Love Field. Had hi-viz US roundels on a gloss light gray paintjob, but no other markings I could see - and he was fairly low and near the freeway. I did see a couple of long fairings along its belly that I didn't recognize - could it have been an EP-3?

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