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This Beautiful Retro Airplane Porn Is My New Desktop Background

By Jesus Diaz Published May 31, 2012, 7:20 pm ET

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Gizmodo reader Rob Hall took this amazing photo of a MiG-17F performing a minimum radius horizontal turn with afterburner at the Warriors Over The Wasatch Airshow, which happened over Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It’s a beautiful plane and a beautiful shot. [Flickr]

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