tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3495696515638428330..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Carver: a blast from my aviation pastPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43166249458921614362016-03-29T17:56:11.668-05:002016-03-29T17:56:11.668-05:00Simple, elegant designs, likely (comparatively) in...Simple, elegant designs, likely (comparatively) inexpensive to build. More people in the strategic planning and procurement game need to read Sir Arthur Clarke's story, "Superiority". We are putting entirely too many eggs into the costly and unsatisfactory F-35 basket, along with the vast budget sinks coming with the new bomber designs, and an enemy that can build several reliable aircraft for every one unreliable plane in our inventory is going to stand an excellent chance of beating us in the air.RustyGunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607539523531544524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89849871332356981152016-03-29T17:49:57.410-05:002016-03-29T17:49:57.410-05:00Good looking airplane!Good looking airplane!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40338077199201702522016-03-29T17:00:31.221-05:002016-03-29T17:00:31.221-05:00It looks like the mating of an F-111 Aardvark and ...It looks like the mating of an F-111 Aardvark and an F-22 Lightning II with a bit of F-102. <br /><br />Nice looking airframe.<br /><br />STxRynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-87631806085345447252016-03-29T13:08:30.878-05:002016-03-29T13:08:30.878-05:00@TGreen: Yes, that was the SAAF insignia until th...@TGreen: Yes, that was the SAAF insignia until the mid-1990's.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48472261893185187622016-03-29T12:42:02.021-05:002016-03-29T12:42:02.021-05:00Hi Peter,
The 1990 South African roundel threw me...Hi Peter,<br /><br />The 1990 South African roundel threw me,<br />but it's era-appropriate for you, no? ;)TGreennoreply@blogger.com