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Now that's what I call a dive bomber: Greek fighter jet salvaged from the Aegean Sea
The Daily Mail, UK ^
| 24th June 2011
Posted on 06/24/2011 8:42:12 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
What will they do? Put it on a post at the front gate? Use it as an indepth maintenence trainer? It has to be trashed from one end to the other,,,,
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posted on
06/24/2011 8:50:20 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: sukhoi-30mki
You’re going to need a longer snorkel.
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posted on
06/24/2011 8:51:18 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: DesertRhino
I helped pick up pieces of a F16 which had gone down in a rice paddy. They said the engine would be repaired and reused. The rest of the plane was just a little banged up. Surprisingly it didn’t burn that much with ample amounts of jet fuel still sitting around.
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posted on
06/24/2011 8:54:48 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I saw that scene in Thunderball. (James Bond film)
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posted on
06/24/2011 8:55:05 AM PDT
by
fish hawk
To: DesertRhino
What will they do? Put it on a post at the front gate? Use it as an indepth maintenence trainer? It has to be trashed from one end to the other... I'd imagine that in spite of a week in salt water, there are hundreds of (very expensive) restorable/usable spare parts in the plane. It looks remarkably intact.
They'll take everything apart, clean everything up, inspect everything carefully, and reuse whatever parts are not damaged.
Of course that AIRFRAME will never fly again...
To: sukhoi-30mki
note on canopy: Gone Fishing
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posted on
06/24/2011 9:00:05 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
I heard the note read: “Help! I am flying a piece of crap!”
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posted on
06/24/2011 9:01:16 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: fish hawk
“I saw that scene in Thunderball. (James Bond film)”
Yes, it was a British Avro Vulcan delta winged heavy bomber.
I have seen them fly, and they are beautiful in a sinister way. One look at the Vulcan and you know it is not Federal Express and it is not dropping roses!
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posted on
06/24/2011 9:01:41 AM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
To: fish hawk
Somebody needs to bring this guy in for questioning.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Looks more like a lawn dart!
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posted on
06/24/2011 9:15:49 AM PDT
by
WellyP
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
06/24/2011 9:28:58 AM PDT
by
Wiggins
To: DesertRhino; AnalogReigns
For a downed aircraft, it looks pretty much intact. The Mirage-2000 is considered to be one sturdy jet.
To: driftdiver
In the USAF, jet engines are not returned to flight unless if is something like a bird-strike down the intake and repairs can be made. In a true mishap sequence this is not the case. There is a lot of damage to the engine that simply can't be seen in any viable way, even bore-scopes and other NDI means are not conclusive. So, I think you were told the engine would be repaired and returned to flight, but actually a crashed jet's engine returned to flight is not very likely.
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posted on
06/24/2011 10:11:57 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: DesertRhino
Will put it on a stick, most likely.
(Looks very natural on the bottom of the sea. . .french-made military kit usually ends up on the bottom, anyway).
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posted on
06/24/2011 10:13:35 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: Hulka
I dunno, I just know what they told us. We were hip deep in mud and JP4 so perhaps I misunderstood.
I do know rolling the afterburner section up a steep muddy hill is not on my list of things to do again.
Nor is hauling the landing gear out by hand.
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posted on
06/24/2011 10:17:48 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
As good a place as any for this pic:
To: Rebelbase
Whole new meaning to “a place on the beach.”
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posted on
06/24/2011 11:00:48 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: Wiggins
I’m glad I’m not the only one here who thought of supercar.
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posted on
06/24/2011 11:20:17 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Perdogg
I think I saw something like this in a James Bond movie.
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posted on
07/03/2011 6:39:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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