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22 Mar 2006 04:34:17 AM |
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PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "Ph˙ltêr" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
22 Mar 2006 07:30:16 AM |
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had me ROTFL with: news:1143023657.799069.74650
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
So the poor Biffer struggled along on a mere 6 engines...
--
Ph˙ltêr
Alt.Atheism #1938
Plonked by Fred Stone 17/03/2006
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
23 Mar 2006 01:16:42 AM |
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In article <1143023657.799069.74650@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
LOL! Good one!
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
23 Mar 2006 06:31:11 PM |
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On 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800, wrote in
alt.atheism
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
There's a bunch of them like that. One is the BUFF pilot puts the
autopilot on and is gone from sight for several minutes then is back.
What did you do? asked the fighter jock.
I took a leak, washed my hands, and microwaved my lunch.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Phillip Brown" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
22 Mar 2006 06:57:41 PM |
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800, panamfloyd wrote:
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
Sorry to nit-pick, but
1. F-111 makes lousy fighter, despite the 'F' designation. IIRC they
were originally meant to replace the F-4, but because they were not
very good as a fighter, they switched to being fighter-bomber, as well
as tactical/sub-strategic nuclear bomber. The F-4 was forced to stay
on until the F-15 and F-16 became available. More likely to be an F-15
doing escort or CAP. OTOH, I don't think bombers use escorts anymore,
anyway.
2. The F-111 would be more likely flying 'under the treetops'
using TFR to deliver precision air-to-ground weapons, than flying with a
BUFF.
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| User: "George Wright" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
22 Mar 2006 07:51:21 PM |
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Dang! I guess if you guys can reminisce, I can too :-)
"Phillip Brown" <phillipbrownau@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.03.23.00.57.40.959954@netscape.net...
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800, panamfloyd wrote:
[...]
1. F-111 makes lousy fighter, despite the 'F' designation. IIRC they
were originally meant to replace the F-4, but because they were not
very good as a fighter, they switched to being fighter-bomber, as well
as tactical/sub-strategic nuclear bomber. The F-4 was forced to stay
on until the F-15 and F-16 became available.
And in the Navy, the F4 was kept in service until the F14 became available.
Robert Strange McNamara had the idea that we could save a lot o' money by
having a common fighter for both USAF and USN. Of course, the a/c wasn't
really common at all, because the USN version needed a strengthened keel for
catapult bridle and arresting hook.
Anyway, I was carrier-qualifying in the F8 aboard Coral Sea in 1968 when the
F111 came aboard for carrier suitability trials. Turned out it was
unsuitable :-). The a/c was so long that the jet blast deflector (the
hinged, barn-door-like plate that pivots up from the deck behind the a/c)
couldn't be raised. This meant that the entire aft deck had to be clear
when the F111 went off the cat. Rather a bottleneck for flight ops :-(.
Geo
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
23 Mar 2006 04:20:02 AM |
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George Wright wrote:
Dang! I guess if you guys can reminisce, I can too :-)
"Phillip Brown" <phillipbrownau@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.03.23.00.57.40.959954@netscape.net...
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800, panamfloyd wrote:
[...]
1. F-111 makes lousy fighter, despite the 'F' designation. IIRC they
were originally meant to replace the F-4, but because they were not
very good as a fighter, they switched to being fighter-bomber, as well
as tactical/sub-strategic nuclear bomber. The F-4 was forced to stay
on until the F-15 and F-16 became available.
And in the Navy, the F4 was kept in service until the F14 became available.
Robert Strange McNamara had the idea that we could save a lot o' money by
having a common fighter for both USAF and USN. Of course, the a/c wasn't
really common at all, because the USN version needed a strengthened keel for
catapult bridle and arresting hook.
Anyway, I was carrier-qualifying in the F8 aboard Coral Sea in 1968 when the
F111 came aboard for carrier suitability trials. Turned out it was
unsuitable :-). The a/c was so long that the jet blast deflector (the
hinged, barn-door-like plate that pivots up from the deck behind the a/c)
couldn't be raised. This meant that the entire aft deck had to be clear
when the F111 went off the cat. Rather a bottleneck for flight ops :-(.
Geo
I recalled the dual-role intent of the 111, but never knew why the Navy
never got their share. Gen'l Dynamics plane, right? Grumman would have
remembered a tape measure..<g>
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: PING: stoney & John Hachmann |
23 Mar 2006 04:21:20 AM |
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Phillip Brown wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800, panamfloyd wrote:
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
Sorry to nit-pick, but
1. F-111 makes lousy fighter, despite the 'F' designation. IIRC they
were originally meant to replace the F-4, but because they were not
very good as a fighter, they switched to being fighter-bomber, as well
as tactical/sub-strategic nuclear bomber. The F-4 was forced to stay
on until the F-15 and F-16 became available. More likely to be an F-15
doing escort or CAP. OTOH, I don't think bombers use escorts anymore,
anyway.
2. The F-111 would be more likely flying 'under the treetops'
using TFR to deliver precision air-to-ground weapons, than flying with a
BUFF.
Another urban legend, I suppose. Oh, well..
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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22 Mar 2006 09:25:29 AM |
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What's so funny about peace, love and posting
the following on 22 Mar 2006 02:34:17 -0800 iin alt.atheism?
I recall we were all talking aircraft the other day, thought you might
enjoy this.
Seen in a sig on another forum:
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance
of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message
for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Not to
be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the
challenge, however, the B-52 continued flying straight and level.
Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, "So? What did you do?" "We just
shut down two engines."
I first heard that from a relative who flew Lancasters in the war
about an annoying Americn P-51 pilot.
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Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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