I bet everyone here is thinking one of two things:
1) Some humorous prediction that the Japanese plane will be cheaper, more reliable, and more fuel efficient than American planes. Edit: with 2x as many cup holders.
Well, I've flown in a B-24. In the bomb bay and up front over the front wheel there are places one can simply step down and crash through light panel material into space. No parachute for you there my boy.
They had one person up front watching the break away panel over the wheel and zero people watching the bomb bay. They simply expected you to remember when they said "Don't do that, you will die!" and maybe to notice the red and white stripey painting saying beware.
Of course, you could also just lean too far out the waist gunner positions.
@absinthe006: If I remember right, the nose gear door can be pushed open with pretty minimal effort, too. Been several years since I was in a B-24. #ejectionseat
Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was starred
Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was unstarred
If that plane has Zero-Zero ejection seats, 'unharmed' may not be an entirely accurate descriptor of the ejectee, depending on how good his back was before the incident. #ejectionseat
@FightingChance: Yeah, I hear you can only make, like, a couple ejections in your life with these, or else you'll basically collapse your spine. #ejectionseat
@Gordonium: Well, what's worse is that the experience is so traumatic that once a pilot ejects he never wants to do it again. Ejection seats are meant to save lives and as such many times you end up with a few bruises and/or broken bones. #ejectionseat
@Bigbadbikernerd: Well... Yeah?
In my defense, my screen is really big and it's also my TV. Never brushed your teeth in front of the TV before? It's common practice here in the Netherlands.
Together with cannibalism and smoking pot. #ejectionseat
I wonder how many more G's they can pull off with the unmanned version. I couldn't really see a Predator drone doing especially great in a dog-fight, since it looks like it's modeled after a glider, but the Sabre's specs put it squarely in fighter-jet range (if my childhood obsession with jets and flight simulators serves me right). #sabrewarrior
its funny how even though this is the latest in technology, this video couldn't feel more 80's (almost like a video out of the movie Top Gun). #sabrewarrior
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1) Some humorous prediction that the Japanese plane will be cheaper, more reliable, and more fuel efficient than American planes. Edit: with 2x as many cup holders.
2) It will be able to turn into a robot.
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3) Have a bizarre sex toy built into it. #shinshinstealthfighter
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Who the hell did the translation? lol
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It's one thing to create one top-secret "Firefox" jet. It's another thing entirely to build 350 of them, and keep them repaired, fueled, and armed.
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They had one person up front watching the break away panel over the wheel and zero people watching the bomb bay. They simply expected you to remember when they said "Don't do that, you will die!" and maybe to notice the red and white stripey painting saying beware.
Of course, you could also just lean too far out the waist gunner positions.
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Goose, watch the canopy on the way out, I'm gonna do one more pass by the tower. #ejectionseat
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Here's why:
[www.gallagher.com] #ejectionseat
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*presses eject*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...!
~Millhouse #ejectionseat
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In my defense, my screen is really big and it's also my TV. Never brushed your teeth in front of the TV before? It's common practice here in the Netherlands.
Together with cannibalism and smoking pot. #ejectionseat
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