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nderwater UberDork
9/13/12 9:53 a.m.

Conquest351 SuperDork
9/13/12 10:04 a.m.

DustoffDave wrote:
Trans_Maro wrote:
DustoffDave wrote: What are all of these things with wings poking out the side that you guys keep going on about? Everyone knows that real aircraft don't glide on the clouds, they beat the air into submission!
Those aren't real aircraft. They're several thousand parts flying in loose formation.
The best part is, not all of the parts are even going the same direction at the same time!! That's what makes them so much more fun! Here's one to hearken back to my older brothers:

I want to be a rotary wing pilot soooo bad!!

Gasoline HalfDork
9/13/12 10:16 a.m.

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
9/13/12 10:42 a.m.

In reply to Gasoline:

but, who cares...its still awesome!

914Driver MegaDork
9/13/12 11:35 a.m.

Anti-stance SuperDork
9/13/12 11:44 a.m.

Flight Service wrote: What's the difference between a Warthog and a Beetle? The Warthog can carry the gun!

I was going to say, tanks are actually afraid of Warthogs.

Damn, the drum is HUGE on A-10s!

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
9/13/12 11:52 a.m.

RossD UberDork
9/13/12 12:10 p.m.

A good friend of mine flies one of these:

DukeOfUndersteer UltimaDork
9/13/12 12:24 p.m.

I miss my E30

Anti-stance SuperDork
9/13/12 12:24 p.m.

KC-135?

While at Kadena, my little cryogenic service station was right next to the airplane "car wash" thing. USAF KC-135s would taxi through there ALL THE TIME. I have seen my fair share of those things.

Wow, my google-fu is good enough to score the exact wash rack with a KC-135 going through it.

DoctorBlade SuperDork
9/13/12 12:36 p.m.

Cthulhu?

RossD UberDork
9/13/12 1:28 p.m.

Anti-stance wrote: KC-135? While at Kadena, my little cryogenic service station was right next to the airplane "car wash" thing. USAF KC-135s would taxi through there ALL THE TIME. I have seen my fair share of those things. Wow, my google-fu is good enough to score the exact wash rack with a KC-135 going through it.

It's an E-6.

A picture he took of New York City:

and some refueling:

Anti-stance SuperDork
9/13/12 1:54 p.m.

In reply to RossD:

Ah! I should of figured since it was Navy and not gray that it wasn't a KC-135. It's from the Boeing 707 family though. Hell, those refueling pics are showing what looks to be the tail of a KC-135.

These were the Navy birds that were stationed at Kadena a couple of hangers over:

P-3 Orion (sub hunters)

The China captured P-3/crew from Kadena. This was about 6 months after I had come back stateside though. Might have even meet some of that crew.

DukeOfUndersteer UltimaDork
9/13/12 2:18 p.m.

DustoffDave HalfDork
9/13/12 2:44 p.m.

Lunch! (On the Left Coast, anyway)

I'm about to consume one of these:

While sitting here:

I love my town!

stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand New Reader
9/13/12 3:15 p.m.

Cars and airplanes, nobody does them like the French...

failboat Dork
9/13/12 4:02 p.m.

The "iPhone 5 has dropped" thread reminded me of a toon I saw earlier this week. haha.

fritzsch Reader
9/13/12 6:40 p.m.

wbjones UltraDork
9/13/12 6:45 p.m.

bastomatic wrote: I'm not an aviation buff at all, but I see these flying over Northern Michigan from time to time. I always did like the idea of a flying tank.