[central_va]

Glide ratio of a pair of pliers. It proves that if you strap a jet engine to just about anything then it will fly.

[IronJack]

I heard an old F4 jockey once say that the airplane was “living proof that if you put a big enough engine on a piano, you can make it fly.”

[Jacquerie]

Agree, which is why I have the utmost respect for Phantom drivers, especially those who landed on pre-Forrestal aircraft carriers. Plus or minus 150 kt approach speed, at night, in all wx? No thanks.