#5, RE: AW&ST Photo of the Week
Posted by Offsides on Mar-10-07 at 09:43 AM
In response to message #3
>> - Eight-Ball Six: A Sopwith F.1 Camel biplane prop fighter, ca. >>1917, flown by retired WDF pilot Maximilian "Genius" Sterling. >> >>Pardon me while I laugh uproariously at this image. > >The gang in the studio have pointed out to me that the inclusion of >the Camel means that these ten aircraft cannot, in fact, fly in >formation, since the F-100's stall speed is faster than the Camel can >go. > >I was going to give Max and Miria matching Hellcats, but at the last >moment I decided to go for the "Max is such a genius, he has the >airplane from World War I" gag instead. > But of course - he's the "Blue Max" :)Offsides [...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- David Ben Gurion EPU RCW #π #include <stdsig.h>
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