[Steely Tom]

How can something so big go so fast?

[stm]

Big tubes!!!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

BIG,BIG,BIG MOTORS

[EnjoyingLife]

Steely Tom writes: "How can something so big go so fast?"

Rhetorical question, right? Well, I've asked the same thing. It's truly amazing!

Here's an article from TIME magazine dated 25 April 1960 documenting--how should I describe it?--a smashing international situation created by a noise-generating USAF Lockheed F-104 Starfighter in Canada (our Canadian neighbors are so patient with us):

"The Sound of Security"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826297,00.html

[Tommyjo]

Think that's big? The Tu-160 Blackjack is based on the same design and is much bigger and twice as fast.