Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, lots of folks interested and making comment, which is fair enough in this forum. Folks with some insight in the field are especially impressed. Nevertheless, air dominance is the goal. First look first shot first kill. This is the 1.4 50 asph of fighters. It costs a LOT. It is the best. The Velvia of air superiority. Cheers Hoppy Per Ardua Ad Astra -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [Leica] F-22 Raptor Video/ Wild Russian flyer 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information