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tbirdsftw
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 Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 10:06 PM
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| Here is a picture of 2 Diamond formations, one F-16, one F-18. Both are completely accurate to scale diamond formations and the jets were placed in the exact same place. You can see that the F-18 is much bigger and looks like if the Thunderbirds were in the F-18, they'd be flying just as close as the Blue Angels. Still I like the Thunderbirds more and think they're better but this makes you think. That wingspan makes a huge difference. |
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| F-16 Diamond Formation on top, F-18 Diamond formation on bottom. to the right is overlapped |
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guy@rdaf.dk
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Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 03:06 PM
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| Good thing they are not flying B-52's... |
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Greetings to you all at the NSA and everybody else who is reading this on ECHELON.
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jetnerd
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Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:04 AM
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I believe the 18's in the illustration are the larger F/A-18F's - at least it appears to be from the more rounded shape of the the LERX's - the C's have slimmer points that don't flare as much. Blue Angels fly the significantly smaller F/A-18 C/D's. Also the horizontal stabs overlap the exhaust nozzles more significantly.... see illustration at the bottom of this page:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/f18ef/ |
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ChippyHo
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Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 05:55 PM
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| And the point of this is??????? |
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