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To: Sir Napsalot

I once heard a Phantom jockey declare that that aircraft was “living proof that with a big enough engine, you can make a piano fly.”


18 posted on 01/11/2014 9:15:33 AM PST by IronJack
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To: IronJack

And proved it by shooting down MiGs. . .those “tiny, maneuverable MiGs” as the article states.


28 posted on 01/11/2014 9:37:17 AM PST by Hulka
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To: IronJack
I once heard a Phantom jockey declare that that aircraft was “living proof that with a big enough engine, you can make a piano fly.”

Ha! Heard the exact same thing in the USMC.
30 posted on 01/11/2014 9:40:13 AM PST by 98ZJ USMC
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haha, ya had the turning radius of a mid sized country, but it sure served it’s purpose.


50 posted on 01/11/2014 10:22:01 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: IronJack
living proof that with a big enough engine, you can make a piano fly.”

wonder what a piano could do with twin J 79s?

73 posted on 01/11/2014 11:51:07 AM PST by sternup
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