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Subject: [Leica] F-22 Raptor Video/ Wild Russian flyer
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sat Oct 6 03:59:42 2007
References: <BAY113-F2821C2CDBE75E473BA32E38CA90@phx.gbl> <4706B783.8090102@gmx.de>

shame about the banality of the comments though.

I saw one of these - or something very similar - at Farnborough a few years
back. The flying was stunning, even by the standards of the day which were 
very
high. The crowds were absolutely amazed - these were pros.

Peter Dzwig

Douglas Sharp wrote:
> If you want to see something that looks impossible in the air, take a
> look at this Sukhoi Berkut
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0t_mPv6I4
> 
> I keep expecting it to fly backwards - vectored thrust is really something.
> Douglas
> 
> Vick Ko wrote:
>> Even more impressive is the JSF fighter.
>>
>> Go onto www.youtube.com, and look for videos as it takes off and lands
>> vertically, and how the engine works.  I watched a Nova TV show on its
>> competition between Lockheed and Boeing, and sat there in awe and
>> wished I were American, so that I could work on the project.
>>
>> ....Vick
>>
>>
>>
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