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Posted: 3/12/2021 10:52:48 PM EDT

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I picked the P-51 because the SR-71 was not on the list.

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:53:28 PM EDT

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P-38

Flew UH-1s, AH-1s, AH-64s got a little stick time on an OH-58

Rode in UH-60, CH-47, C-5, B-17

Gonna take a ride on a P-40 if COVID doesn’t ruin things again this year.

Would most want to wiggle the sticks on a P-38

SR71 is cool but no sense of speed at that altitude

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:54:26 PM EDT

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What I grew up watching fly around, and still see almost daily.

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:55:01 PM EDT

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The F4U Corsair with the P51 Mustang a close second.

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:55:10 PM EDT

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B-52.

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:57:35 PM EDT

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Mig killin' bomb truck.

I got to sit in one as a Cub Scout and later watch them at work in VN. If I could afford a warbird this would be it.

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Posted: 3/12/2021 10:57:48 PM EDT

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P-38 Lightning
Shot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto.

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:57:50 PM EDT

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U-2

Posted: 3/12/2021 10:58:38 PM EDT

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P6M, U-2 or a WB-57. You said US, because a US-2 would beat either.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:00:46 PM EDT

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North American X-15

I wanna go fast!

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:01:23 PM EDT

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Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:01:30 PM EDT

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... all the way to the scene of the crash.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:03:32 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/12/2021 11:03:36 PM EDT

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Poll fail no option for F-14 Tomcat.

tomcat f-14 supersonic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNkP4WwJInE

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:05:23 PM EDT

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See username

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:06:32 PM EDT

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I’d choose the A-10 if I got to BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT stuff.

Otherwise it seems pretty slow and boring.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:07:00 PM EDT

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This...so I can tell the story about my speed and air traffic control convos.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:07:10 PM EDT

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Polished sex

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:07:13 PM EDT

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Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

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P-38 Lightning
Shot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto.

Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

He was a national treasure. The Skunkworks podcast talks about him.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:08:23 PM EDT

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AH-64

That thing is a hoot just to fly in the simulator. Real life must be a riot.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:08:36 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:09:02 PM EDT

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Mig killin' bomb truck.

I got to sit in one as a Cub Scout and later watch them at work in VN. If I could afford a warbird this would be it.

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Love the Skyraider.

I often think about how much of a game changer that aircraft would have been had it seen action in the Pacific in WWII - would have absolutely devastated Japanese island defenses like no other aircraft could have at the time.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:10:03 PM EDT

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I wanna fly that new tictac thing they have

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:12:08 PM EDT

[#24]

F-104 Starfighter

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:12:51 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/12/2021 11:13:22 PM EDT

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AH 64

Remember reading a maxim back in AIT that said it's more badass than a F1 race car.

Always wanted to fly helicopters in the .mil but my eyes were shit, and by time they started taking lasik I was too old. Oh well

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:16:07 PM EDT

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He was a national treasure. The Skunkworks podcast talks about him.

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P-38 Lightning
Shot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto.

Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

He was a national treasure. The Skunkworks podcast talks about him.

There is a podcast?

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:17:11 PM EDT

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Same.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:20:07 PM EDT

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C17.
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I was thinking about the Hustler also

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:21:16 PM EDT

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Joining the P-38 club. Ever since about 5th grade or so it’s been my favorite airplane.

AH-64 would be a solid second place.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:21:34 PM EDT

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Douglas Skyraider

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:22:10 PM EDT

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fox four

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:24:47 PM EDT

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A10 is probably the only one I'm smart enough to fly.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:24:51 PM EDT

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There is a podcast?

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P-38 Lightning
Shot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto.

Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

He was a national treasure. The Skunkworks podcast talks about him.

There is a podcast?

Yup. Produced by Lockheed, titled Inside Skunk Works

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:24:55 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:25:47 PM EDT

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A10 if the Brrrrt Button was hot.....but the SR-71 would be a hard one to pass up....

I can’t “get both?”

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:32:53 PM EDT

[#37]

Dick Best's SBD-3.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:33:44 PM EDT

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None of the above.

Boeing F4B or Curtiss P6E, either one is the epitome of a '30s biplane fighter.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:35:19 PM EDT

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F4U -1A

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:36:40 PM EDT

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C-5

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:37:14 PM EDT

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BONE with terrain following on with wings swept all the way back and max thrust before burners

And rage against the machine playing in the background

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:37:25 PM EDT

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No F22??

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:39:00 PM EDT

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j-3

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:39:42 PM EDT

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That'd fall under "F-anything".

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:42:44 PM EDT

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Skyraider, with the wings full.
Mustang
P-38
Bone
A-6
Rhino

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:42:50 PM EDT

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Yep. Warthog.

Posted: 3/12/2021 11:43:12 PM EDT

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Yup. Produced by Lockheed, titled Inside Skunk Works

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P-38 Lightning
Shot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto.

Curious aviation trivia. The guy that designed (or helped) the U2, SR-71, C-130 and F-117 also fixed the P-38 design.

Kelly Johnson was a hell of a brain.

He was a national treasure. The Skunkworks podcast talks about him.

There is a podcast?

Yup. Produced by Lockheed, titled Inside Skunk Works

Subscribed, thanks for the heads up.