Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Here's a photo of one of the "chrome" F-22A Raptors:

 

[Leaf473]

Here's a photo of one of the "chrome" F-22A Raptors:

Interesting! I'm guessing the special plating makes it less visible to radar?

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Interesting! I'm guessing the special plating makes it less visible to radar?

That may well be the case; I've also read that the special coating might be something that's being tested for protection against lasers.

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Closeup of the F-14 Tomcat and Su-57 Felon in Top Gun: Maverick:

 

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Here are some photos of Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons:

 

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Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon and Panavia Tornado:

 

[Leaf473]

Here are some photos of Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons:

That's cool do countries besides the RAF use the Typhoon?

 

[Leaf473]

I was looking around, here's a surprisingly long gif

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

That's cool do countries besides the RAF use the Typhoon?

Thanks! Other countries as well as the UK certainly do use the Typhoon, for example, Germany, Austria, Italy, Kuwait, and Qatar.

 

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I was looking around, here's a surprisingly long gif

That's an awesome gif! The Typhoon is seriously agile!

 

[Leaf473]

Not-yet-president Ford playing basketball

Gerald R. Ford, Jr. guards the net during a basketball game on the forward elevator of the USS MONTEREY. As physical education director it was Mr. Ford's idea to create a basketball court on the elevator. 1944.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Not-yet-president Ford playing basketball

Gerald R. Ford, Jr. guards the net during a basketball game on the forward elevator of the USS MONTEREY. As physical education director it was Mr. Ford's idea to create a basketball court on the elevator. 1944.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov

That's really interesting! I had no idea that Gerald Ford was on an aircraft carrier in WWII!

 

[Leaf473]

That's really interesting! I had no idea that Gerald Ford was on an aircraft carrier in WWII!

I didn't either, to be honest

And now it turns out they're making a whole class of carriers named after him.

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

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I didn't either, to be honest

And now it turns out they're making a whole class of carriers named after him.

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I've read about the Gerald Ford-class carriers; the USS Gerald R. Ford (in the photo) is the carrier in my latest story. I'm going to see if I can make the story text larger and repost it.

 

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Here are some photos of Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning IIs:

Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon and Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II:

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Here are some screenshots that I found of the Top Gun: Maverick Rogue Nation F-14A Tomcat:

 

[FredVB]

 

[Leaf473]

Awesome! And good to see you here, Fred my man!

 

[FredVB]

Awesome! And good to see you here, Fred my man!

Thanks. When I saw the name of this thread where it was listed this song came to my mind, and I kept thinking of it, so I saw I should make the post with a link to it.

 

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Here are two tiger-striped F-16 Fighting Falcons (Vipers):