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alfa6 ;>}
Posted on 12/31/2006 5:51:17 AM PST by snippy_about_it
There's a flag?
YEP
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alfa6 ;>}
Dang bifocals tripped me up.
hi miss Feather
PE, howdy! You got cold and snow?
You're omniscient aren't you?
LOL, I just love it when you use those $50.00 words!
Supercalafragalisticexpialidocious
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alfa6 ;>}
Looks like a jet with a propeller. I'm confused!
Sam says it was vertical take-off.
What do you know about this alfa6?
The real one, not the actor. Very cool. Several Viet Nam vets called in to thank him, etc. He spent a good chunk of time talking about his work with DOD and POW/MIA efforts.
Finally he talked about the did his famous line. "Good" lasted about 30 seconds.
Kewl!
Houston is still on the table.
Oh really? Hmm.
F-84H Thunderscreech.That was the popular name for the Thunderstreak or Republic XF-84H. It was one of two experimental models based on the single turbine F-84. At least it used the wings and gear with a T-tail, a fatter fuselage, and two Allison turbines delivering 7400 hp. The engines were in the fuselage behind the cockpit with two driveshafts running on each side under the seat to a gear box for the propeller. The prop was an Aeroproducts 3 blade with a 12 ft diameter. The blades had a wide aspect ratio of 4:1 and turned 2100 to 3000 rpm, or about twice normal prop speed and that made the outer 1/3 of the prop run supersonic full time. Thrust was controlled by pitch. It was so noisy it would knock unconscious anyone nearby and in line with the prop disk. So the name. The tower controllers hid under the desks when it took off for fear of broken glass. Top speed was estimated at 670 mph but it was never flown above 450 as it became unstable at about 400 and it flew less than a dozen times. The Navy was interested at first. They had a problem with prop plane's carrier landings as in last minute pull ups acceleration torque caused a left and down dive into the water, not up. Jets took too long to spool up if about to undershoot. But the Navy never followed up. The F-84H is now at the Air Force Museum.
I will have to look through my old Wings/Airpower mags to see if there is an article on the F-84H. I seem to recall seeing something about the F-84H there a long time back.
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alfa6 ;>}
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alfa6 ;>}
Strange plane. Thanks for the info.
Adrian Cronauer. He's a good guy. A Republican and working for the DOD in the POW/MIA area now.
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