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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 23, 2010 12:16:38 GMT -5
This one is on display at the former Downsview Air Force Base. Toronto. A little cheating with the help of PhotoShop got it airborne.  Mickey  |
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 23, 2010 18:31:32 GMT -5
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Good one, but that is one heck of a strong bird holding onto that refueling probe on that airborne plane. Yea, I know there is one in every crowd. Neat all the same though.
Bob
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Post by olroy2044 on Oct 23, 2010 22:07:53 GMT -5
Nice example of the CF5 Tiger. Very capable little airplane. Northrup Aviation built them for air-forces around the world, but Canada insisted on a license to build them in Canada when they were adopted as a lightweight fighter by the RCAF. You Canadians took a good airplane and made it even better.-----------------------------------------But I didn't know it would fly at 0 knots airspeed!!  Nice shot, thanks for posting it, Mickey! Roy |
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 23, 2010 22:25:41 GMT -5
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I think the Northrop fighter was truly a fighter and not the somewhat bloated ones we have today. One of the last classic fighters in the west. A good looking airplane as Mickey's photo shows.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 23, 2010 22:52:10 GMT -5
A bird???
I thought it was all part of the rear view mirror.
"0 knots airspeed."
Other than the "bird" how can you tell?
OK. I admit that the only airplane I ever flew was a 5ยข balsa glider. And it almost always crash landed.
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Post by photax on Oct 24, 2010 15:45:18 GMT -5
I found a "Eurofighter" yesterday, displayed for the annual national holiday on Tuesday, but i have a suspicion that this one is only a 1:1 model for training purposes. Mickey, two fast birds ! MIK    |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2010 18:00:49 GMT -5
The Tiger was in competition with the f-16 for adoption in the U.S. the strength of the Tiger being it was less expensive a less complicated. Chuck Yeager (the first man to break the sound barrier) had retired not long before that from the U.S. Air Force and Northrup hired him to promote the Tiger's cause. But the f-16 won out. But I think Northrup did OK selling them to other countries. I was down at Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas in the late 1970s at the Aggressor pilots there flew the Tiger because they said it was similar in size and performance to the Soviet planes if the period--plus it has a recognizable silhouette.
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Post by kim on Oct 27, 2010 7:31:01 GMT -5
The F5 was really an earlier generation than the F16. It was more of a cut down or lightweight F104.  |
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 27, 2010 11:19:26 GMT -5
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Is that F16 from the 148th FW of the Air National Guard out of Duluth Minnesota? If so, those boys sure get around. They are based 200 miles south of us.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 11:21:37 GMT -5
The F5 was really an earlier generation than the F16. It was more of a cut down or lightweight F104. Looks like an F16. The F5 had a lot more wing area than the F104. One of the problems with the F5, at least for the USAF was that it had very short "legs." Could go very far without refueling. Seems like it was used more as an interceptor where it could fly it's missions from a home field. |
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Post by kim on Oct 27, 2010 15:01:35 GMT -5
this one was taken off the coast of Florida. It is ANG but I'm not sure if it was out of Tyndall or the other base next door. If it's not Tyndall, the F15's I got shots off were. Kim Kim Is that F16 from the 148th FW of the Air National Guard out of Duluth Minnesota? If so, those boys sure get around. They are based 200 miles south of us. Bob |
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Post by kim on Oct 27, 2010 15:05:02 GMT -5
It is an F16.  As you were talking about the F5 v F16, I thought I would include a shot of the F16. The other big advantafe of the F16 is that it was far more "multirole". The F5 was very much a fighter and not nearly so capable in the GA or interdiction roles. Kim Looks like an F16. The F5 had a lot more wing area than the F104. One of the problems with the F5, at least for the USAF was that it had very short "legs." Could go very far without refueling. Seems like it was used more as an interceptor where it could fly it's missions from a home field. |
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 27, 2010 16:24:41 GMT -5
this one was taken off the coast of Florida. It is ANG but I'm not sure if it was out of Tyndall or the other base next door. If it's not Tyndall, the F15's I got shots off were. Kim Kim Is that F16 from the 148th FW of the Air National Guard out of Duluth Minnesota? If so, those boys sure get around. They are based 200 miles south of us. Bob Yea, they get around. I thought I could read DULUTH on the tail. Bob |
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 28, 2010 12:55:39 GMT -5
You folks have the most amazing knowledge of trains, planes, automobiles, motorcycles and, I am sure, boats, bicycles, roller skates and horses, stilts and pogo sticks and even hiking. The C. C. has become a virtual encyclopaedia. I need never complain I am bored. Mickey  |
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Post by casualcollector on Oct 28, 2010 20:42:19 GMT -5
You folks have the most amazing knowledge of trains, planes, automobiles, motorcycles and, I am sure, boats, bicycles, roller skates and horses, stilts and pogo sticks and even hiking. The C. C. has become a virtual encyclopaedia. I need never complain I am bored. Mickey I owe my existence to roller skates! |
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