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Funky NATO names for Soviet aircraft
- Thread starter Munjibunga
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...see, I KNEW you'd get it once you saw it!
Weird idea, weird plane, did NOT work well at all. Bad idea from the start - meant that ONE B-36 would have to have no bomb load, because the entire carrying capacity of the aircraft was eaten up by the F-85....and that's just to get ONE fighter on the mission.
The crazy things folks were thinking up in the 50's!
Spitfire prototype!
Prettiest airplane ever made is a tie between the Spit and a Mosquito, IMO.
Yeah, I was trying to find a good shot of a late-model Spit or Seafire, but I need to get my 2 older kids out the door- cover me, bro! 
Not exactly the same idea, but obviously-crazy ideas were not limited to the 50s.
Mistel!
Ju-88 with a Bf-109 on it's back...and you're right, that was a NUTS idea...early guided missile/smart bomb concept.
Ed- correct, of course. I don't know civil stuff nearly as well as military. I have seen the t-tailed tricycle-geared lightplane before...
On that note:
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My dad owned two of these(not simultaneously).
On that note:
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My dad owned two of these(not simultaneously).
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Piper Tripacer.
Edit: I'm typing pretty slow today(as usual). The twin-boomer is a *Sea* Vixen, but I think Alex Trebek would have given it to you, as long as you put it in the form of a question: "What is a Vixen, Alex?'
Edit: I'm typing pretty slow today(as usual). The twin-boomer is a *Sea* Vixen, but I think Alex Trebek would have given it to you, as long as you put it in the form of a question: "What is a Vixen, Alex?'
K, shall I post?
Here's a plane which shares my birthday...
Bristol Brabazon.
Died because of the jet age.
