This is because you are roughly forty years older than you were in the 1980s.
Hey.
Fuck you.
Wait until you see the difference between a 1920 fighter and a 1940 fighter.
As long as you’re not talking about Italy lol
Imagine if wars didn’t exist and weapons of war were just a dick measuring contest by nations to see who can design the best looking war machines, while not being crazy enough to actually use them.
But wars are just a dick measuring contest by nations, to see who can last longer.
Which is kinda silly in the modern world.
They would have to have shut down the contest after the SR-71 was introduced.
Have you seen the SR-72? It’s sexy.
It would have already been over with the F-86F Sabre, if the Spitfire hadn’t already killed it before.
Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?
No one has got this with the copy pasta and subsequent refutation yet? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before
We should just hold an annual international battlebots tournament.
i was thinking today imagine if we resolved global conflicts with the dirty dozens
Look, I’m a fifty year old fighter, and I don’t look half as sexy as that perfection
They’re unrealistic expectations.
You can’t convince me that first fighter isn’t for melee engagement, either going straight on like a joust, or diving for a hit with its bomb wing tips. The silver tape on the nose is just like that of athletes
I’m convinced what this needs is Outlaw Star style grappler arms
#SexyAt50
Shh baby is ok