While we're on the topic of the f35, did anybody ever see the show on PBS that was all about how the F35 was designed and built, and the competition between Lockheed Martin and (I think) Boeing to design the jet that would become the F35? It was awesome. The Boeing (?) jet was fucking ugly. They had cool ideas for wing design, but the front of the jet was butt ugly. If it comes on again, I suggest you all watch it.
yea i have seen it alot on Discovery channel
I agree, Boeing's XF-32 design was pretty fugly... it looked like it had a dirty diaper or somethin.cablecopulate wrote:
While we're on the topic of the f35, did anybody ever see the show on PBS that was all about how the F35 was designed and built, and the competition between Lockheed Martin and (I think) Boeing to design the jet that would become the F35? It was awesome. The Boeing (?) jet was fucking ugly. They had cool ideas for wing design, but the front of the jet was butt ugly. If it comes on again, I suggest you all watch it.
I don't get the inside joke with the O RLY and NO WAI owls.jkohlc wrote:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6987/nowai0cr.jpg
Can someone tell me or link me or something?
I thought that was reserved for the BMP-3.polarbearz wrote:
I'll just keep calling the iron coffin because that's what it is.
What's with the Air Force re-using old plane names? I know that the Thunderbolt and Lightning names are cool and all, but they've been done!
Naming the A-10 the "Thunderbolt II" and the F35 the "Lightning II" firstly displays a remarkable lack of inventiveness (maybe the Air Force has a very abridged dictionary, and they've run out of words...) and secondly, it (in my opinion anyway) detracts from the honour of the original Thunderbolt and Lightning (P47 and P38).
Both the A-10 and F-35 are unique, individual aircraft (as was the P-38), and giving them recycled names just doesn't sit well with me.
Naming the A-10 the "Thunderbolt II" and the F35 the "Lightning II" firstly displays a remarkable lack of inventiveness (maybe the Air Force has a very abridged dictionary, and they've run out of words...) and secondly, it (in my opinion anyway) detracts from the honour of the original Thunderbolt and Lightning (P47 and P38).
Both the A-10 and F-35 are unique, individual aircraft (as was the P-38), and giving them recycled names just doesn't sit well with me.