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To: meyer
If he needs to fly to DC and back on an F-16...

I don't believe there are any versions of the F-16 with two seats, I don't believe Daines is checked for solo in the bird and after meeting him a couple of times I think he's too tall for ejection seats anyway.

Most charter and commercial aircraft can get as close to supersonic as is legal over CONUS airspace, but it would be a real kick in the butt to have the Senator fly back MIL and go high speed pass over the Capitol on his way to vote.

1,978 posted on 10/05/2018 3:56:34 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (...against all enemies, foreign or domestic...)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
I don't believe there are any versions of the F-16 with two seats, I don't believe Daines is checked for solo in the bird and after meeting him a couple of times I think he's too tall for ejection seats anyway.

The B and D models of the F-16 are indeed two-seaters. Tandom orientation. I was a young engineer many years ago with General Dynamics in Fort Worth where until recently they build the F-16.
1,985 posted on 10/05/2018 4:14:01 PM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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Let’s dream a little President Trump should have a limousine with police escort to Andrews for Trump 1 to get to that wedding. Grandstand and Congratulate the bride and groom...


1,986 posted on 10/05/2018 4:14:15 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT ( Amos5:15 Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the (gate) Court.)
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Couldn’t the Senator just parachute onto the Capitol grounds? I mean, sure, there’d be a black Suburban waiting for him...


1,996 posted on 10/05/2018 4:30:50 PM PDT by blu (WWG1WGA)
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:::: Most charter and commercial aircraft can get as close to supersonic as is legal over CONUS airspace, but it would be a real kick in the butt to have the Senator fly back MIL and go high speed pass over the Capitol on his way to vote. ::::

I have minimal knowledge of the F-16, other than it’s very vast. Yes, a MIL flight back would be awesome.


2,121 posted on 10/05/2018 7:37:56 PM PDT by meyer (WWG1WGA, MAGA!)
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