• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    10 months ago

    Those things killed almost as many Germans as the 8th Air Force. Real pretty, too.

    • @Schmuppes
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      610 months ago

      The Bundeswehr had 916 units, of which one third crashed and killed 116 pilots (without active combat of course). Holy fucking shit.

    • @SquiffSquiff
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      410 months ago

      Also dangerous to ground crew:

      “The front edge of the wing, with a radius of 0.00016 inch, was so sharp that the leading edge needed a protective cover when the jet was on the ground. “

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      310 months ago

      This looks like the kind of jet you’d get if you told the designer to make you the most jet looking jet they can think of.

    • @Schmeckinger
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      210 months ago

      It think it still holds the sea level speed record.