"Despite only weighing the same as a a Dodge Durango" -- wow, that is amazing.
I was, however, expecting something more Bede-like...
Posted on 07/10/2019 8:27:14 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Interesting Kite.
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Interesting expression... I'll have to research it.
Regards,
Never read about the Gnat before, thank you for this.
Very fascinating read! Although I was Army, we trained/fought with soldiers from so many other countries (many of whom were once our enemies). That liaison is probably the best diplomacy/comradery America can have.
I think I saw one on display at an air museum. Three things stuck in my mind. It was Indian, it was so small I could look down into the cockpit, and the placard said it had a 55 gallon fuel tank...
Must have been an Ajeet, a Gnat derivative, with wet wings holding 55 gal each.
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"Despite only weighing the same as a a Dodge Durango" -- wow, that is amazing.
I was, however, expecting something more Bede-like...
“If Guns kill people, why do we send people with guns when they go to war? Why not just send the guns?”
Ozzy Osbourne
That thing looks so cool, but I’m sure you’d have to be a brilliant pilot to keep it under control.
The Pentagon was so impressed with the English Electric Canberra that they appropriated it as the Martin B-57 - something they have rarely done (but did also with the Hawker Harrier).
The Lightning was uniquely impressive - built like an over-under shotgun: no yawing problem with an engine out. (I assume pitch - angle of attack - adjustment would be less problematic.)
BD-5J, the jet version of the prop plane. Cool. Even the piston-prop was pretty fast.
And then there’s the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter.
For comparison, normal loaded weights:
Folland Gnat: 6,250 lbs.
Northrop F-5A Freedom: 13,433 lbs.
Douglas A-4D Skyhawk: 16,216 lbs.
Ali takes a rest during his fight with Joe Frazier
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Media-created fraud Ali just got clobbered by Joe Frazier's left hook.
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Ali tries out new boxing stance in his fight with Joe Frazier.
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Jimmy Young harassing terrified, swollen-faced Ali .
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Ali knocked down by 185 pound Henry Cooper’s left hook in his fight immediately before Ali's two fakes with Sonny Liston.
The bell rang ending the round as Ali got up and lurched toward his corner.
Then Ali got a rest of several minutes between rounds before the fight resumed, instead of the legal one minute between rounds. .
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Ali knocked down by Sonny Banks, with a left hook, of course
Ali could not defend himself against a left hook.
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The athletic Ali practices his leg raises during his fight with Joe Frazier.
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Here the great Ali demonstrates his defense against Joe Frazier’s left hook.
Ali never learned how to defend himself against a left hook.
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Ali holds the distinction of being the only heavyweight champion in the history of boxing to lose his title to a novice who had only seven professional fights--Leon Spinks.
Fun Fact: The Gnat portrayed the fictional carrier-based “Oscar EW-5894 Fallus Tactical Fighter Bomber” flown by U.S. Navy pilots in the 1991 comedy Hot Shots!
The company I worked for at the time supplied the Gnats for the movie.The Boss bought most of the remaining airframes from the Indian air force when they were retired from service.He also bought a B-24 Liberator from them as well.From what I was told they built an aircraft carrier out of wood in the desert.Hard to believe that was almost thirty years ago now.
Thread hijack, much?
Fascinating, but non-sequitur.
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