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Skoshi8 [2017-12-31 13:37:49 +0000 UTC]
Back in 1967 the USAF brought a T-38 to St. Mary's College of California as a recruiting aid. This is what the students did with it. Their original intent was to put it on the roof of the chapel, but I guess no crane was available at that time of night.
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AKRONZRS7 [2016-08-27 11:08:56 +0000 UTC]
Was always interesting to drive by wards. You never quite knew what you might see. shuttle landing, SR71 flyby....Boom-Zoom!!
WCJ
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draggane [2016-08-26 19:20:58 +0000 UTC]
nice painting !
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K4nK4n [2016-08-26 12:31:57 +0000 UTC]
Cool!
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Raaleth [2016-08-25 21:22:39 +0000 UTC]
Well, the attention to details paid off, the image looks amazing. It's even more amazing given that it's done in traditional, where you don't have the luxury of resizing or doing CTRL + Z.
Checked your gallery out, drawings of furries with guns/in uniform is something I absolutely adore, so have a watch from me. ^.^
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Baron-Engel In reply to Raaleth [2016-08-25 21:55:51 +0000 UTC]
I'm learning digital, but I am very much from the old school of illustration.
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Letrune [2016-08-25 08:45:42 +0000 UTC]
It is simply amazing, I love the details on the background. The machine details are almost perfect, but I confess I think you always make them look so realistic that I start to except it. :3 All in all, amazing work!
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AlexanderDeath [2016-08-24 21:55:41 +0000 UTC]
Very nicely done! And I'd say maybe.... Iron Eagle, but other then in Top Gun and Firebirds where they used them as Mig knockoffs, I can't think of another series of movies where you might have seen these. Oh, and Firefox.... Oh ha ha, now I see it. Good thing planes don't have to walk down stairs!
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Baron-Engel In reply to AlexanderDeath [2016-08-24 22:41:29 +0000 UTC]
"Oh ha ha, now I see it. Good thing planes don't have to walk down stairs!"
LOL!
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Ognimod [2016-08-24 18:12:03 +0000 UTC]
Robocop.
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Baron-Engel In reply to Ognimod [2016-08-24 18:22:10 +0000 UTC]
Ding, ding! Winner!
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Ognimod In reply to Baron-Engel [2016-08-24 18:50:36 +0000 UTC]
Sweet! A brand new 5000 SUX!
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Baron-Engel In reply to Ognimod [2016-08-24 19:08:24 +0000 UTC]
Do you want the deluxe trim package with that?
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Sir-Talen [2016-08-24 18:11:47 +0000 UTC]
Hmm, can't see any connection to Firefox or Iron Eagle, which are the only other 80's action films with lotsa planes in them that I remember.
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Baron-Engel In reply to Sir-Talen [2016-08-24 18:31:55 +0000 UTC]
Actually figured it out. The ID letters and numbers on the fin spell ED 209 which was the counter project being worked on in the original Robocop movie.
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Orca19904 In reply to Baron-Engel [2016-08-24 18:37:40 +0000 UTC]
Have to wonder if there's ever been an aircraft stationed at Edwards (T-38 or otherwise) with that tail number...
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Baron-Engel In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 20:46:57 +0000 UTC]
Well I believe ED stands for Edwards/Dryden so maybe.
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Orca19904 [2016-08-24 17:31:06 +0000 UTC]
I see these fly over my house occasionally, which isn't surprising since there's a major Air Force flight training facility are located here in Oklahoma.
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Baron-Engel In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 17:32:49 +0000 UTC]
I believe that is one of the major pilot training facilities for the USAF. The thing that surprised me some was the fact that when it came out the T-38 held several time to altitude records. It is a pretty hot ship.
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Orca19904 In reply to Baron-Engel [2016-08-24 17:39:19 +0000 UTC]
I used to get this plane confused with the F-5 Freedom Fighter when I was a kid, given how similar the designs are.
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Baron-Engel In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 18:09:48 +0000 UTC]
Well the T-38 is derived from the N-156/ F-5 Freedom Fighter program so they share many similarities.
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Orca19904 In reply to Baron-Engel [2016-08-24 18:12:30 +0000 UTC]
And further development of the F-5 would yield the YF-17 which was later adopted by the Navy as the F/A-18 Hornet.
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Baron-Engel In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 18:28:53 +0000 UTC]
Well only very loosely. The YF-17 is developed from N-300 project which was derived from the F-5E but if you look at the YF-17 and F-5E it is like George Washington's axe. It has two wings, two engines, a cockpit and fuselage, but that is about as much physical similarities between them. The F-5 may have been the inspiration but not much else.
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Veteran1972 In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 17:49:17 +0000 UTC]
They do touch and goes up at Alliance airport north of Fort Worth. The Talon is the pilot's first supersonic aircraft they fly. There is an earlier jet trainer they fly but it is not supersonic. Side by side seat trainer T-37. Use to see those out around Del Rio Texas.
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Orca19904 In reply to Veteran1972 [2016-08-24 18:08:43 +0000 UTC]
I also frequently see T-6 Texan II's around here (also got a photo of my nephew sitting on the wing of one from an airshow a few years back).
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Veteran1972 In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 18:36:42 +0000 UTC]
Those are stored over at Meacham, Lancaster airport and over at Air Park in Addison. Restored fliers. Use to be the old Texas Confederate Air Force now changed to Commemorative Air Force now stationed at Lancaster airport. Saginaw has a small private airfield and over there I met some pilots who had a few Skyraiders and two Mig 15s. All air worthy still.
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Orca19904 In reply to Veteran1972 [2016-08-24 18:42:49 +0000 UTC]
I think you're thinking about the WW2-era trainer that sometimes stood in for the A6M Zero in movies. I'm referring to its modern-day successor.
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Veteran1972 In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 18:51:32 +0000 UTC]
Oh you meant the later Texan. My bad. I was all old school. If I know the CAF they probably have the newer one too!
The old B17 out at Meacham is now permanently grounded. Airframe cracks. I miss it flying about. For a fee you could get a ride along back in the day.
I did.....twice. Made one consider those men over Germany in that bird. There is not much cover at 25,000 feet.
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Orca19904 In reply to Veteran1972 [2016-08-24 19:04:43 +0000 UTC]
I've seen a couple of surviving B-17G's, but sadly never had the opportunity to go aboard one, let alone take a ride in them. I know one of them, Aluminum Overcast, is unable to retract her tail wheel due to how her restoration was carried out.
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Veteran1972 In reply to Orca19904 [2016-08-24 19:31:33 +0000 UTC]
It's just amazing she can still fly.
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