Joke Thread

[The Zip]

18 hours ago, MaverickZ71 said:

That 1984 shot looks like an F15 Eagle, being retired Air Force my ears perk up when I see military aircraft.  Worked around so many war birds I could name the plane by sound.  If that's a F15 Eagle, it wasn't capable of landing on an aircraft carrier, no tailhook on the rearend for starters.

[txab]

On 12/3/2024 at 5:51 AM, Grumpy Bear said:

 

I didn't open the link. The page wanted assurance that I was over 18 as "Information of a Sexual Nature" may be present. I found that repelling. 

Same for me. But I did click on it anyway.   

[NavyVette]

3 hours ago, The Zip said:

That 1984 shot looks like an F15 Eagle, being retired Air Force my ears perk up when I see military aircraft.  Worked around so many war birds I could name the plane by sound.  If that's a F15 Eagle, it wasn't capable of landing on an aircraft carrier, no tailhook on the rearend for starters.

That's an F-14 Tomcat - or supposed to be

 

Edited December 4, 2024 by oldKarl

[customboss]

4 hours ago, The Zip said:

That 1984 shot looks like an F15 Eagle, being retired Air Force my ears perk up when I see military aircraft.  Worked around so many war birds I could name the plane by sound.  If that's a F15 Eagle, it wasn't capable of landing on an aircraft carrier, no tailhook on the rearend for starters.

It’s a F35

[MaverickZ71]

6 hours ago, The Zip said:

That 1984 shot looks like an F15 Eagle, being retired Air Force my ears perk up when I see military aircraft.  Worked around so many war birds I could name the plane by sound.  If that's a F15 Eagle, it wasn't capable of landing on an aircraft carrier, no tailhook on the rearend for starters.

 

That 1984 shot is a Grumman F-14 Tomcat, star of The Final Countdown and Top Gun movies.  The now-retired Tomcat was then the US Navy's counterpart to the USAF's F-15 Eagle, a role now filled by F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35B/C Lightning IIs. And yes, the Eagles and Vipers do have lighter-duty tailhooks they can drop, but for emergency landings and engine tests only. 

[MaverickZ71]

2 hours ago, customboss said:

It’s a F35

 

The top (2024) aircraft is a Lockheed Martin F-35C. 

 

The middle (1984) aircraft is a F-14. 

 

The bottom (1944) aircraft is the best fighter of WWII, the Vought F4U Corsair. 

[MaverickZ71]

5 hours ago, txab said:

Same for me. But I did click on it anyway.   

 

Clicked faster than Speedy Gonzalez.

[garagerog]

5 minutes ago, MaverickZ71 said:

 

 

 

The bottom (1944) aircraft is the best fighter of WWII, the Vought F4U Corsair. 

 

Boy, have you ever opened up a can of worms from fans of the WWII warbirds!

[Grumpy Bear]

16 minutes ago, garagerog said:

 

Boy, have you ever opened up a can of worms from fans of the WWII warbirds!

 

 Gummin Northrup P51 Mustang  OR....

 

 

 A-36A-1-NA "Apache"

A Mustang on Crack

Edited December 4, 2024 by Grumpy Bear

[garagerog]

The first P51's that the US shipped to Britain were equipped with the Allison V-12's. The Brits were quick to realize that they would have a very potent fighter once they slapped the Rolls-Merlin in them. Subsequent P-51's were equipped with the Packard-Merlin. I always wondered what the performance characteristics of the P-38 would have been if equipped with the Packard-Merlins rather than the Allisons. A much higher ceiling for one I would suspect.

[MaverickZ71]

The local HOA sent this homeowner a letter saying that they need to have a fence blocking their trash cans from view. 

Seems the homeowner has a special message for HOA Karen!

 

[MaverickZ71]

1 hour ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

 Gummin Northrup P51 Mustang  OR....

 

 

 A-36A-1-NA "Apache"

A Mustang on Crack

 

North American Aviation built all of the P-51s, in CA and then TX. 

[MaverickZ71]

53 minutes ago, garagerog said:

The first P51's that the US shipped to Britain were equipped with the Allison V-12's. The Brits were quick to realize that they would have a very potent fighter once they slapped the Rolls-Merlin in them. Subsequent P-51's were equipped with the Packard-Merlin. I always wondered what the performance characteristics of the P-38 would have been if equipped with the Packard-Merlins rather than the Allisons. A much higher ceiling for one I would suspect.

 

Legendary Lockheed engineer Kelly Johnson wanted to test Merlins in a P-38, but the Army Air Force said NO:

1) It had already been disappointed by the relative lack of performance from putting a Merlin in an older airframe (the P-40)

2) A high ranking USAAF officer (a former GM executive and still a big stockholder) had lobbied heavily for the Allison engines in the P-38. Allison was a GM subsidiary. 

3) New P-38 squadrons were already being sent to the Pacific over the ETO, where the hotter tropical temps and lower altitude dogfights were more agreeable to the turbocharged Allisons. 

4) The USAAF had already chosen the P-51B/C as its long range escort fighter in the ETO, for its higher speed, longer range, better performance at altitude, and favorable logistics. Packard was strapped with Merlin production as it was, and 2 Merlins could equip 1 Lightning or 2 Mustangs. Everything in the ETO was a race to beat the Nazis before they could equip their wonderweapons with nukes.  Finally, Mustangs sipped fuel, and a Mustang required half the maintenance of a Lightning. 

[MaverickZ71]

5 hours ago, garagerog said:

 

Boy, have you ever opened up a can of worms from fans of the WWII warbirds!

 

I brought receipts. 

Results from the 1944 Fighter Conference:

(1 is best)

[customboss]