> > From: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/10/19 Fri AM 10:01:43 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Starfighters & Co. (was: Completely and totally OT: Politics) > > mike wilson wrote: > > >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/10/18 Thu PM 08:14:36 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Subject: Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics > >> > >> Well, Canada did buy a bunch of F-104's. Too bad ours were low-level nuke > >> ground attack birds (Absolutely no air-to-air capability due to lacking a > >> gun prior to 1972 and a dedicated ground-attack radar instead of the > >> normal air-to-air set). We shoulda bought F-105 thuds instead. > >> > >> The CF-104 killed a lot of Canadians. > > > > Not to mention the Germans and Americans. Should have gone for the EE > > Lightning. > > For some reasons, the Italian pilots had a reputation of being better than > the others in managing the Starfighter, including the F104G and the later > version F104S developed and built by Aeritalia, which remained in service > till 2004 (!!!). > Italy had a lower accident rate and a lower number of dead pilots among > those flying the 'spillone' (big pin) than the other countries.
Who better than the Italians to "drive it right onto the runway"? 8-) > > And now, let's discuss WWII planes with a quiz for warbird buffs out there. > Please take a look at www.dariobonazza.com/public/KGP03047.jpg > What's that? Civilianised P51 Mustang? ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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.
