[MarkL]

America’s proof to the world that, given enough horsepower, even a brick can fly.

That would be the F-104. I had an uncle who actually said that (the F-104 flies like a brick without power) who worked on the F-4 for McDonnell Douglass in St Louis. One of the things he was involved in was the doors at the jet engine inlets: The original design had a problem where during high G turn rates, the inside engine would sometimes "flame out," and the door helped channel air into the inlet.

Mark

[wolfpat]

I actually got that line from a movie I saw once. I can’t remember which movie it was, but the character was talking about the F-4.