I went on a Saab press junket to Sweden in 1981. Saab engineers demonstrated the Viggens short takeoff distance. It was truly amazing how quickly it got off the ground. The Swedish air force parked them in camouflaged hangers alongside highways. They were capable of taking off on a short stretch of two-lane blacktop. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've always liked the Saab Viggens and Drakens also. Not as classically > beautiful as the F104, but pretty strking with the big canards. > > Unfortunately all designed as instruments of death... > > > Tom C. > > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics > >Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:14:26 -0400 > > > >On 10/18/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can we talk about the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter? Please Bob? There's > >a > > > plane that is gorgeous. The B-58 Hustler gives me goosebumps too. > > > >That was the most beautiful aircraft ever designed, IMHO. > > > >Okay, there's the Spitfire, but it's the most beautiful (and dangerous > >looking) jet was (and is) the Starfighter. > > > >I think I told this story to the list before, but when I was a kid I > >lived about a kilometer from the Canadair factory. Canadair, later > >sold to Bombardier for a song and a dance was the government owned > >aircraft factory that among other planes, built CF 104s in the 60's > >for both the Canadian and German airforces. I remember them flying > >(literally!) over my house, both taking off and landing (depending, > >obviously, on the wind). When those afterburners kicked in, they made > >one hell of a lot of noise! > > > >But it was cool noise to a 10 year old kid... > > > >;-) > > > >cheers, > >frank > > > >-- > >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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