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Classic Wings Magazine WWII Naval Aviation Research Pacific Luftwaffe Resource Center
When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia ... 714_rc_f22

With pulls and turns like that it cant be exported or shot at!
No wonder the USAF wants it silver bullet built more...
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Nice video clip, good explanations of what it is doing and why. Quite maneuverable for those "knife fights in a phone-booth" scenarios! 70,000 pounds of thrust...WOW....I was waiting for it to stop in mid air and back up! Air Brakes you know!!! :wink:
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I was driving out to CHina lake and caught one of these guys doing basically this at the same altitude., My friends in the truck with me acted like I was insane when I started yelling and pointing at it. They thought that this stuff was normal. Too many tv shows.

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