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is a non profitable site,
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Where
old planes go to die.
I wonder if there's a museum dedicated to the preservation
of discarded and used semiconductor processing equipment. I doubt it,
even though it's fascinating stuff, it'd take too much work to explain
to people what it is. Even though airplanes are no less complex. There's
a certain magical awe that comes with things that fly. I forgot this
weekend, that at one time I thought I'd fly, but now, well I'm a frequent
flyer, but that's not what I had in mind when I was in Jr. high school.
But there's a junkyard, and a museum out here.
T-37 the plane which my good friend, learned to
fly in. I guess it's a good place to start. I wonder what that man
is doing right now, who he's dropping bombs on, and if he'll eventually
end up out here in Arizona. I could see him as a test pilot.
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A typical parking lot there. An A6, an F-14,
and some other ugly navy airplane. I can see why the Air Force
guys always thought that
the Navy planes were so ugly. And why the navy and the air force
would have different planes for essentially the same task.
Anyhow there's an SR-71 in this parking lot as well.
Oh well the grand age of fighter aircraft is probably over. That
would have been the 50's and 60's. When it would have been fascinating
to work on
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A T-38, a pre-stealth modern jet fighter. Look how thin the wings
are, not too much sticking out. I'll have to look up and see how
the performance envelope compares with others. I figure it's good for
at least twice the speed of sound. All I know is that it used to
be used as escort for the shuttle.
Plus I think this was the plane that they used
in top gun. Well that was the fighter version, not the trainer.
The fighter is the F-5. Top gun described it saying "It's
smaller, faster and more maneuverable than you guys, so keep
your heads
up."
It's Viper's plane.
There was a pilot out on the
lake bed when on a tour in Jr. high school. The tour
guide said it must've been a test pilot, just getting his hours
in,
making
a
whole lot
of
noise,
going
way past
the speed of sound, and burning a whole lot of jet fuel in
the process.
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It is indeed a decent looking fighter, and it's got two seats to
boot!
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Proof again that pigs do fly, and man is it an ugly airplane. The
opposite in philosophy than a modern fighter. It's sub sonic, capable
of carrying an incredible variety of armaments, and then there's
that gun.
Someone told me they have to limit the fire rate
on the main gun, as the recoil will slow the plane down so much
as to cause it to stall or go backwards.
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Truly that this is a junkyard.
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Ah, note that you can get parts for an old C38 or a Charger. All
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Can you tell if this is junk from old airplanes or old cars? Is
there a difference?
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Ah a line of used airplanes just waiting for scrap |
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