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To: decimon
Not much for wings. Must have a REALLY high stall speed.


5 posted on 05/24/2011 4:12:14 PM PDT by Rio
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To: Rio

Damn, that is a sexy looking beast.


9 posted on 05/24/2011 4:16:42 PM PDT by Ronin ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves" -- Bertrand de Jouve)
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To: Rio
Dammed in that does not look like a space plane right out of an early 50’s Science Fiction movie....glad to see the UK up to doing it after the a--hole left has killed our space program
12 posted on 05/24/2011 4:26:51 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Global Warming, undeniable truth; Obama, infallible genius; Apple perfect, invented everything)
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To: Rio
Not much for wings. Must have a REALLY high stall speed.

Fuselage lift contributes quite a bit. The F-104 was the same way.

22 posted on 05/24/2011 5:25:49 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
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To: Rio

Like piloting a rock flung from a sling shot?


46 posted on 05/25/2011 8:12:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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