The Land Cruiser of the Sky

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 03/25/2018 at 12:04 • Filed to: None

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The Lockheed Viking S-3 is one of my favorites. I love the way it looks and I love that it just gets on with being awesome with little fanfare.

Under appreciated generally but well loved by those who know, simple, durable, a little funky looking and dated but the right tool for the job. The S3 is the Sky Cruiser.

Im sad already thinking about it going away.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 12:16

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Also one of my favorites. I love the side-by-side seating. It’s first flight got a write up on TDIAH.

lone_liberal > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 12:17

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It has a really great high-pitched sound too. You could always tell when an S3 was coming in even at night.

Grindintosecond > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 12:17

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The S2 is used in California fire fighting now.

HammerheadFistpunch > lone_liberal 03/25/2018 at 12:30

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same engines as the A-10, same screeching wail. One of the cool little things about those engines.

HammerheadFistpunch > Grindintosecond 03/25/2018 at 12:30

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Can’t keep a good design down.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 03/25/2018 at 12:30

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shares the list with my number #1 - Viper.

Spanfeller is a twat > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 12:35

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*groans*


MHHHH YES.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 12:41

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Always used to confuse this with another 80s side-by-side Navy aircraft when I was a kid.

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For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 13:27

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Counterpoint: the Mitsubishi F-2

Take something American (Jeep, F-16), and make it into something that’s actually good.

Maxima Speed > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 03/25/2018 at 13:33

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I love the Intruder/Prowlers. Not as much as I like the Super Hornets but still pretty cool.

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 03/25/2018 at 13:51

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Acceptable, ceptl I love the 16

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 13:57

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The F-16 is just another example of American malaise engineering.

Both of these came out in 1974

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 03/25/2018 at 14:11

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With many other similarities as well

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Maxima Speed 03/25/2018 at 14:40

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Nothing beats the F-14 Tomcat for me, ever. The A-10 comes close.

whoarder is tellurium > HammerheadFistpunch 03/25/2018 at 15:50

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I like the S-3. It’s also known as a Hoover.