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New planes not as sexy?

Ah, Hornet this, hornet that. You guys are all just jealous you can't do consistent flat turns or slow to 100 knots and be confused by ATC as a helo. Gotta love the Hawkeye...
 
Hey, no one would ever call the fighting drumstick pretty but at least we have character. No one ever calls until the need us and then they really need us.
 
The plane I fly is slow and ugly. Always has been, always will be. However, as far as jets are concerned, older types like the F-8, A-7, A-6 had personality and were sexy. The F/A-18F looks awesome though, especially in VFA-2 colorful garb.
 
Personally I find the SH-60B very sexy, especially with hydraulic fluid streamed all down the side, looking like it took a sh!t while flying. I must say it looked better than the AF T-6 parked next to us at Gainsville yesterday though.
 
Gainesville?!?? Man the RAG has changed since I went thru.

Here's the SH-2G. Yes, that is a Maverick, no, it is not photoshopped.

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Nah, the Kiwis still use it. The 60B could use it, but we'd need yet another MLA. (Missile Launch Adapter) in addition to the Penguin MLA and the M299 for the Hellfire.

It would be just another weapon the SHOES (LAMPS version of the MAN) would not let us use.
 
Sexy Airplanes ???

I don't know about "sexy" ... but if you don't find something positively phallic about this aircraft .... **sigh** ... well, I just don't know about you ....

 
A4sForever said:
Sexy Airplanes ???

I don't know about "sexy" ... but if you don't find something positively phallic about this aircraft .... **sigh** ... well, I just don't know about you ....

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I think the mission of the aircraft contributes to its “sexiness.” In reality, my perceptions are probably inaccurate, but when I think of the A-6 I imagine getting into the aircraft in the middle of the night. Launching off of an aircraft carrier to embark on a mission… butterflies in my stomach as I fly over the ocean and then having increased feelings of trepidation as I approach land and maneuver the aircraft low to the ground (Knowing that I have a chance of being shot down) maneuvering through valleys and being shot at as the plane takes flak from the ground…. Dropping bombs on a target and then trying to make my way back to the aircraft carrier... until I land.... safe and exhausted... I just don't get the same feeling of excitment with the F-18 (don't get me wrong I'd do anything to fly one... or any airplane for a living). I've probably just been interested with the same aircraft for too long... As far as the F-14 is concerned, the interceptor role was just cool and the F-14 is also the coolest looking plane ever
 
AllAmerican75 said:
...Did i make some kind of pun and not realize it? :confused:
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Ironic ... all this "sexy" airplane talk must have gotten to me ... I just got out of the shower.

But yes, Junior :) ... you did. I'm going to let you figure it out --- part of your training, if you will.

There was a patch floating around back-in-the-day in the A-6 squadrons that simply stated:

OUR PROBES ARE ALWAYS ERECT
 
A4sForever said:
Ironic ... all this "sexy" airplane talk must have gotten to me ... I just got out of the shower.

But yes, Junior :) ... you did. I'm going to let you figure it out --- part of your training, if you will.

There was a patch floating around back-in-the-day in the A-6 squadrons that simply stated:

OUR PROBES ARE ALWAYS ERECT
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D'oh!! Now I get it. Sorry for the confusion. Was just wondering what you had to say about the A-4, but I think I know the answer. :D

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Cool? Indeed. :)
 
AllAmerican75 said:
..... Was just wondering what you had to say about the A-4, but I think I know the answer. :D
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We're going to move you up in the class seating roster. But the A-4 ???

Whenever someone asks me "how do you like the 747??"

I always tell them ... "The Whale ??? It's my second favorite all-time airplane". :)
 
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