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was scrolling through my pics and thought these migt be of interest...

an old Bunzing....

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and recent addition, wfu with NASA and flown to Sheppard last may... Will probably never fly again.. sniff

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Wijgert IJlst wrote:
Polecat wrote:One of many old F-16's... When this bird started flying, a fy '53 F-84 would have been as old as this Falcon is now!!
Hèhè... That's a weird thought indead... have never thought of it that way!
Funny!
Absolutely! Except that it's off by five years ;) - or am I missing something?
Still, the thought counts and it definitely puts matters into perspective! It also points out one thing that made aviation less interesting the past few decades (at least in my view): lack of new types... :cry:

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Absolutely! Except that it's off by five years - or am I missing something?
Still, the thought counts and it definitely puts matters into perspective! It also points out one thing that made aviation less interesting the past few decades (at least in my view): lack of new types...
:oops: never was good in maths.. :-) But maybe that's why I posted a three year older F-16 today... now it's almost correct... :lol:

But as you say, look at squadron-hostories in the fifties and sixties, you will see thay converted to a new type every four, five years....

Must have caused a lot of spotters' stress, not a lot of time to get a type "complete"!
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I'll vote for that stress any day! 8)

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