Because Planeopnik

"Lets Just Drive" (lets-just-drive)
10/02/2013 at 20:56 • Filed to: PLANEOPNIK

Can you name that airframe? If you unable, my friendship is off the table.

DISCUSSION (63)

CounterTorqueSteer > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 20:58

F4 Phantom good sir

Jacques L' Autre > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 20:58

Kinja'd!!!

Sex. It's sex.

f86sabre > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 20:59

McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Lets Just Drive > CounterTorqueSteer
10/02/2013 at 20:59

We're now BFF 4 Life.

Blondude > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 20:59

F4 Phantom?

*Googles F4*

Yes! I can't believe I got that!

Dusty Ventures > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:01

#Phantomlopnik

Lets Just Drive > Jacques L' Autre
10/02/2013 at 21:02

I wish Canada had any. Then they'd be CF-4's.

Which is a clue to the next riddle.

CounterTorqueSteer > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:02

Woohoo! I was an Aerospace Engineering major at Embry Riddle. I'd be tarred and feathered if I wasn't able to identify it.

Lets Just Drive > f86sabre
10/02/2013 at 21:03

Also correct!

offroadkarter > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:04

Its a cessna!

Lets Just Drive > Blondude
10/02/2013 at 21:04

Not too tricky, but such a great shot.

pdthedeuce > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:04

that pic is AWESOME !

Lets Just Drive > CounterTorqueSteer
10/02/2013 at 21:05

Agreed.

That's like, "Huh. I dunno. What kind of car is that?"

"It's a Beetle, you fuckwit. A BEETLE!"

Jacques L' Autre > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:06

Ah, of course. The F-18.

Lets Just Drive > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 21:06

/facepalm

Lets Just Drive > pdthedeuce
10/02/2013 at 21:07

Right?!

Blondude > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:07

Going through my limited planelopnik knowledge (I need to work on that) I'm thinking "I know this! I know this! I know this! Crap! What is this?! F4 Phantom? F4 Phantom!"

The Transporter > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:08

Man, I am way off my A-game. I can't tell if it's an FG.1 or an FGR.2.

Adam > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:09

It is a Phantom, but its been modified by the brits to take a Spey Turbofan, in place of the J-79 Turbojet. It had some other mods to for RAF use.

Lets Just Drive > Jacques L' Autre
10/02/2013 at 21:10

Or CF-18, too.

Atomic Buffalo > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:10

There is no angle from which that plane isn't funny-looking.

offroadkarter > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:10

Kinja'd!!!

Gamecat235 > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:11

From nosecone alone I know it. Also we have hundreds mothballed in town here.

Lets Just Drive > Blondude
10/02/2013 at 21:11

May the F-4's be with you.

SteyrTMP > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:11

It's one of the Iranian F4's hightailing it after the F22 said hello.

Lets Just Drive > The Transporter
10/02/2013 at 21:12

FGR 2, I believe. But even that goes beyond my planeopnik knowledge.

You smartypants you.

Averyrm - GTI YUP > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:13

It's proof that big enough engines will make anything go over mach.

Lets Just Drive > Adam
10/02/2013 at 21:13

Jesus.

I didn't ask for its DNA. Dayum son.

Lets Just Drive > Atomic Buffalo
10/02/2013 at 21:13

Oh, I disagree.

For instance, head on and ready to deploy weapons.

"Huh, that's funny lookin" then dead.

Lets Just Drive > Gamecat235
10/02/2013 at 21:15

Am I the only one who finds airplane graveyards strangely arousing?

Lets Just Drive > SteyrTMP
10/02/2013 at 21:16

Haha.

When I read that I imagined someone trying to rob someone else with a black powder musket only to have a ACR stuck in their face.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:16

Nope. Not. At. All.

Amazing shot of a absolutely beautiful plane

Lets Just Drive > Averyrm - GTI YUP
10/02/2013 at 21:17

Ha!

The Ruskies proved that a long time ago. Aerodynamics? Pish posh. Let's just use a shit ton of thrust. Steering? Fuck it.

Lets Just Drive > FJ80WaitinForaLSV8
10/02/2013 at 21:19

Agreed.

As a species, we're capable of some pretty amazing shit.

Gamecat235 > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:19

I suppose "strangely" would be open for debate. But no. =)

Atomic Buffalo > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:20

Still funny-looking, whether or not it's dangerous.

Like big dudes with facial tats.

Lets Just Drive > Gamecat235
10/02/2013 at 21:21

Strangely, as in, the same sort of erection I get when I see a really expensive car being taken away from a really rich kid by some really angry cops.

Lets Just Drive > Atomic Buffalo
10/02/2013 at 21:22

Like Mikey Tyson.

The Transporter > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:23

I call myself a car guy, but planes are my first love. After I made a trip to Pima in 2007, I understood why Muslims make pilgrimages to Mecca.

Kinja'd!!!

SteyrTMP > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:23

Kinja'd!!!

Always trump musket.

Lets Just Drive > The Transporter
10/02/2013 at 21:24

I call myself a car guy.

But I really just like things that use explosions to go very fast.

desertdog5051 > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:41

Well, it was nice while it lasted, Bye.

*never thought he would do that to me...Now I am not sure I still like them Canucks.*

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 21:56

I believe that is one of those fancy jet thingys.

Lets Just Drive > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
10/02/2013 at 22:12

In a sense.

Innocence.

Lets Just Drive > desertdog5051
10/02/2013 at 22:17

I want to chide you for not trying. GIS is there for you.

But then again, I want to reward your honesty.

So here's an virtual blowjob .gif.

Kinja'd!!!

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 22:17

I knew it!

im just playing not much of a flying thing person, i like the ground.

Kugelblitz > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 22:22

F4E or F, not the G though.

Lets Just Drive > SteyrTMP
10/02/2013 at 22:22

Let's give our troops Bullpups.

No, let's not.

Okay.

desertdog5051 > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 22:24

Yeah, I use it sometimes. I kinda always thought it was the easy way out. I like to feel good when I find something on my own.

Lets Just Drive > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
10/02/2013 at 22:27

Are you kidding?

I fucking hate flying. But I love how much I hate it.

It's like getting on a track, or maybe a strip. That Oh-Holy-Shit factor is just such a thrill. Having said that, I'd gladly ride passenger in a racecar being driven by a professional but I'd probably turn down a ride in a fighter jet with a fighter pilot at the stick for the same reason I'd be like, "Yeah, okay, two fingers is fine. But if you try for three, I'm going to punch you in the teeth woman!" There's only so much I can take.

Lets Just Drive > Kugelblitz
10/02/2013 at 22:29

And FG1 or FGR2 according to Pete, but that exceeds my plane know-what.

Lets Just Drive > desertdog5051
10/02/2013 at 22:29

I think Annie would agree.

Kinja'd!!!

SteyrTMP > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 22:30

The reason we don't use the AUG is because of politics and old farts that refused to face modern technology. It's a little more complicated than that, but I gotta crash.

On the other hand, the US Customs issues either the 16" or 18" black AUG A1.

Lets Just Drive > desertdog5051
10/02/2013 at 22:31

Kinja'd!!!

Lets Just Drive > SteyrTMP
10/02/2013 at 22:38

I was just being a dink.

Sorry.

There's also the issue of image, which was heavily discussed... at least by DND, that I know of and among the myriad reasons the bullpup style rifles weren't issued initially was "image" which I think is laughable. But, outside of DND, the Sheriffs were looking too but, for one of the same reasons they're not big fans of the Dodge Chargers, they look to aggressive. I get that for LEO's operating in the community, the AUG and the Charger are both very aggressive looking tools and a more traditional firearm creates a more traditionally accepted image...

... all of which is bullshit, as I say that we need to give our LEO's and our soldiers the best tools to do the job. Which isn't the Charger, by the way... It's just that we're not getting any, yes any for any agencies in Canada... the Caprice PPV.

Of the officers I've spoken to who were fortunate to get to test the Caprice alongside the Challenger and the Ford every single one to a man or a woman has said they prefer the Ford and the Chevy over the Dodge. The Dodge has plenty of get up and go, but it's incredibly cramped.

Best tool for the job, I say.

PatBateman > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 22:49

I thought about the upside down intercept in Top Gun, personally.

Maybe the pilot took a picture?

Lets Just Drive > PatBateman
10/02/2013 at 23:03

That seemed too obvious, Goose.

Kugelblitz > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 23:13

World's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts.

Alex Murel > Lets Just Drive
10/02/2013 at 23:54

Once you've had one of these fly over a ship your on, you never forget the shape. The Phantom was a great name for these.

Lets Just Drive > Alex Murel
10/03/2013 at 00:08

Hahaha!

Thankfully, I've never been in that situation. But I'd wager you're right!

Krieger (@FSKrieger22) > Lets Just Drive
10/03/2013 at 06:06

Well, the British ones had some noteworthy modifications. If I'm not mistaken the naval F-4s had an extended nose gear strut to shorten their takeoff distance due to British carrier decks not being as large as American ones.

Menebrio > Lets Just Drive
10/03/2013 at 10:24

Nice [Under]belly.

Lets Just Drive > Menebrio
10/03/2013 at 15:02

I giggled.