Annoyed at thread drift

[zzzippper]

57 years ago today, the beautiful F4 Phantom II made its first flight.

Always nice to see a MiG killer. The F-4 was once known as the world's largest distributer of MiG parts. Somewhere I have pictures of an F-15 that we did depot maintenance on in Korea. It had two red stars IIRC.

 

[loknload]

Just had the first summer thunderstorm blow through! Very little in the noise and electrical show but gave us a good 15-20 minute downpour!
We really need the rain here and we have been put on a drought watch.
We ll I think it's over!
Now to go around and see if the new roof leaked?

 

[pawngal]

Finally a nice sunny day and I've been stuck at work all day.. Come on 5 o'clock.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

57 years ago today, the beautiful F4 Phantom II made its first flight.

Once upon a time, back when McDonnell-Douglas was run by airplane people instead of <ed> The sales team prepared for a presentation. They had a beautiful model made, with perfect artistic balance. Coming off the elevator in the higher levels of the Pentagon, a Vice President DROPPED THE MODEL and the elevator door smashed into it.
Holding the battered model in his trembling hands, the team examined it in horror! The tailplane was broken in the middle and drooped left and right, the wings went down and the tips went up, it was bent in the middle and the nose was drooped.
At that moment with the entire team in the depths of utter despair, the Admiral in charge of the acquisition got off the opposite elevator after a five martini lunch, and shouted, "That's whut we needs, oregano thminkling."
And that launched 5,000 plus aircraft.
Geoff
Who thinks they should have left a least a pair of 20mm cannon on it!

 

[Rustyt1953]

57 years ago today, the beautiful F4 Phantom II made its first flight.

Watching them roar down the runway at 0dark-thirty on a moonless night is quite the rush.

The plane is younger than I am. The BUFF and I are the same age.

Don't I feel special!

 

[BigCityChief]

Once upon a time, back when McDonnell-Douglas was run by airplane people instead of <ed> The sales team prepared for a presentation. They had a beautiful model made, with perfect artistic balance. Coming off the elevator in the higher levels of the Pentagon, a Vice President DROPPED THE MODEL and the elevator door smashed into it.

Holding the battered model in his trembling hands, the team examined it in horror! The tailplane was broken in the middle and drooped left and right, the wings went down and the tips went up, it was bent in the middle and the nose was drooped.

At that moment with the entire team in the depths of utter despair, the Admiral in charge of the acquisition got off the opposite elevator after a five martini lunch, and shouted, "That's whut we needs, oregano thminkling."

And that launched 5,000 plus aircraft.

Geoff

Who thinks they should have left a least a pair of 20mm cannon on it!

I love the 20MM Cannon!!

 

[Rustyt1953]

[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQvObtxH2EY[/ame]

 

[bigride]

I love the 20MM Cannon!!

Does Smith make an X frame in that caliber?

Just pretend this is witty.

 

[zzzippper]

Cannons? We don't need no stinking cannons!

 

[loknload]

Now whose sayin we don't need no cannons?

 

[BigCityChief]

Cannons? We don't need no stinking cannons!

They do, however, come in handy when the need arises to get someone's undivided attention. The AC 130 Spectre Gunship, for example, is a wonderful attention getter.

 

[soFlaNative]

Now whose sayin we don't need no cannons?

Somewhere between the Doldrums and the wide Sargasso Sea...
There Be Monsters!

Somewhere, stuck in neutral.
Much like this drift, just enough of an incline to keep forward momentum.

 

[loknload]

Somebody sayin we don't need our cannons?.....Yeah right!

 

[BigCityChief]

Message to All Drifters:

 

[Rustyt1953]

This video predates my tour but DaNang was my little slice of heaven.[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8vceeaKNo[/ame]

 

[BigCityChief]

Perhaps we need a little of this.

 

[BigCityChief]

Does Smith make an X frame in that caliber?

Just pretend this is witty.

Not yet. You know anyone in high places at S&W?

 

[pharmer]

Somebody say high places? Joe

 

[BigCityChief]

Let's see...Accident Avoidance; Acceleration...

Oh, yeah... Afterburners

 

[timn8er]

"Hello?! Is anybody home? We're here for dinner!"