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FenwickHockey65 01-22-2013 07:38 PM

Agreed. But I can almost hear Pentagon officials still *****ing about the cost of that program.

Camaro_Corvette 01-22-2013 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Overflow (Post 3227)
It's a shame the F-22 is no longer in production.

They got to figure out what is wrong first before they can continue to build more. From what I understand there was way too many problems with oxygen system.

ec1990 01-22-2013 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Overflow (Post 3227)
It's a shame the F-22 is no longer in production.

Agreed, but it's understandable, because in reality who do we have to worry about in regards to Air Superiority, the only countries really are Russia, due to pilot expertise, not for aircraft design, and China who has questionable pilots to say the least. Granted this is today and in 5-10 years this could all change and we could draw the short end of the stick.

ec1990 01-22-2013 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette (Post 3231)
They got to figure out what is wrong first before they can continue to build more. From what I understand there was way too many problems with oxygen system.

There's almost too much new stuff on the plane, similar to the SR-71, it was so ahead of it's time. I mean the only reason it never went faster was due to the tolerance of the wings, the heat was so great the performance had to be decreased. Then again, it bled oil like a stuck pig due to the seals having to be built with expansion of airframe at speed, and burnt so much fuel taking off it had to be refueled immediately after takeoff.

Camaro_Corvette 01-22-2013 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette (Post 3231)
They got to figure out what is wrong first before they can continue to build more. From what I understand there was way too many problems with oxygen system.

Whoops, apparently they figured that out. Ignore that.

FenwickHockey65 01-22-2013 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by C7_Z51 (Post 3232)
Agreed, but it's understandable, because in reality who do we have to worry about in regards to Air Superiority, the only countries really are Russia, due to pilot expertise, not for aircraft design, and China who has questionable pilots to say the least. Granted this is today and in 5-10 years this could all change and we could draw the short end of the stick.

China had to use a clip from Top Gun to advertise their new fighter jets. I don't think they're much of a problem right now. :lol:

GaBoy25 01-22-2013 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by C7_Z51 (Post 3233)
There's almost too much new stuff on the plane, similar to the SR-71, it was so ahead of it's time. I mean the only reason it never went faster was due to the tolerance of the wings, the heat was so great the performance had to be decreased. Then again, it bled oil like a stuck pig due to the seals having to be built with expansion of airframe at speed, and burnt so much fuel taking off it had to be refueled immediately after takeoff.

Those afterburners on that rig look glorious:hail:

Camaro_Corvette 01-22-2013 07:48 PM

If Russias pilots would keep the plane in the air, they wouldn't be half bad.

GaBoy25 01-22-2013 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette (Post 3238)
If Russias pilots would keep the plane in the air, they wouldn't be half bad.

Too busy chasing ufos:rules:

ec1990 01-22-2013 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 (Post 3235)
China had to use a clip from Top Gun to advertise their new fighter jets. I don't think they're much of a problem right now. :lol:

Haha very true, although they did use a Russian Pilot to land on their new carrier.

GaBoy25 01-22-2013 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 (Post 3235)
China had to use a clip from Top Gun to advertise their new fighter jets. I don't think they're much of a problem right now. :lol:

See...the problem is the height of the dash......:lol:

ec1990 01-22-2013 09:15 PM

Just gonna leave this here, big picture, but worth it.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18cb...g/original.jpg

FenwickHockey65 01-23-2013 04:18 PM

Not only does Overflow have her own thread, she has her own smiley now. :D

:overflow:

JoeP@TeamBeckyD 01-23-2013 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 (Post 3608)
Not only does Overflow have her own thread, she has her own smiley now. :D

:overflow:

:thumb:


:becky:

guiLT 01-23-2013 07:42 PM

:becky:

JoeP@TeamBeckyD 01-23-2013 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Overflow (Post 3738)
:becky:

:overflow:

:thumb:

jewel25 01-25-2013 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stingray (Post 2967)


I am so bummed that I missed this when I stilled lived in DC


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