"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/15/2016 at 14:52 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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A Lockheed F-94B Starfire of the 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron undergoing a test of its afterburner prior to takeoff in Korea in 1953.
RallyWrench
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2016 at 15:27 |
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Such an ungainly looking aircraft.
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ttyymmnn
> RallyWrench
09/15/2016 at 15:31 |
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It certainly didn’t win any beauty contests.But it wasn’t about looks. She packed a punch.
BorkBorkBjork
> RallyWrench
09/15/2016 at 15:49 |
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I think it has an awesome retro-style look to it.
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RallyWrench
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2016 at 15:51 |
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Yeah, they were a no-shit kind of airplane. I got a kick reading about the “Battle of Palmdale” yesterday with the rocket volleys from F-89s.
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RallyWrench
> BorkBorkBjork
09/15/2016 at 16:06 |
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It does now, in a “what the hell were they thinking, that’s neat” kind of way, but I think there were definitely better looking aircraft in period.
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ttyymmnn
> RallyWrench
09/15/2016 at 16:18 |
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Also the first USAF interceptor to enter service that was fitted with an afterburner. The whole idea of the rockets, firing them into a flight of enemy bombers, was pretty wild. Better chance of hitting a big bomber than an F6, obviously. Those rockets also had the nasty habit of completely blinding the pilot, and causing flameouts when the rocket gas was ingested into the engine.
user314
> RallyWrench
09/15/2016 at 17:46 |
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Yeah, the F-86 was the first USAF jet that actually looked good, IMO anyway.