"Lockheed's plane was painted one color. Both planes are pieces of crap, but theirs was at least one color."

Huh? Not sure I follow his meaning.

Yup! I looked for video of that flame out but lunch beckoned.

"...it's easy to see greener grass on Boeing's side of the fence"

Probably because Boeing's been fertilizing it with bullshit.

Boeing proposed a redesign mid-way through the program and the X-32B could only perform a VTOL with a bunch of panels and part of the air intake removed to save weight.

So? I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

ITT:
ERMAHGERD teh F-14 Kittykats teh bestest! TOP GUN! FINAL COUNTDOWN! They really showed those Zeros! JOLLY ROGERS!! I'm getting a hard on just thinking about it! DANGER ZONE!!!

*ahem*

Lifetime Kill Ratio 104:0

F-22s are grounded?

"...and it doesn't hurt that it's the second prettiest plane ever made, either.

"but none of these games are the type of "battle" they will be used in.... mostly because what we need today involves fighting individuals, and not countries."

Guess we can scrap the entire US Navy then. I'll bet you're raking in millions every week in lottery winnings from your crystal ball.

There was a Tuskegee Airman version too.

I interpreted his comments as a reference to Gen. Robin Olds' mentality towards running a fighter squadron. Olds was a triple ace having served in WWII and Vietnam (16 total kills between the two wars). Olds is highly regarded as one of the best wing commanders of the Vietnam War both for his air-to-air fighting…

The Blue Angel and Blackbird versions were nice too.

"recalled back to the factory for elaborate rework modifications"

Pierre Sprey has never designed any jet aircraft, he's only designed his public image.

The best way to cancel Comcast is to disconnect your hardware and return it in person to your local Comcast office. Be sure to get a receipt for every single piece of hardware you return and put those receipts in a safe deposit box because Comcast WILL lose all records of you returning your hardware and submit the…

Yup, and there were several such proposals by General Dynamics. The FB-111G would have been a larger aircraft, larger payload, greater range... FB-111H was the proposal that got the most exposure to the public.

Yeah, the H concept truly looked like a pregnant Aardvark. I think the idea behind it wasn't horrible, it just couldn't compete with an intercontinental bomber. The H would have needed a larger wing area for the plane to be worth a damn. Bigger wings? It could have been a great long range strike aircraft.

"Do not go in the bathroom for at least 35, 45 minutes... I just Aardvark'd in there."

The F-111C wasn't designed in Australia; the RAAF was just the sole operator. The -111C was an export variant of the -111. It was just an F-111A with the F-111B's longer wings.

Australia originally planned to buy the American F-111A design, RAAF liaison officers requested country-specific changes such as a…

Torching was used by USAF F-111 crews, just not at air shows. One of the F-111Fs flying back from Tripoli in 1986 couldn't find the tanker (everyone was flying lights off and this was pre-NVGs) and was told to torch. Tanker crew spotted them and told them where to look.

But yes, Aussie crews torched all the time. And…