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Old 04-24-2012, 12:39 AM
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I wonder if we have any Egyptians among our ranks? Would love to hear what those guys in the vids are saying.
I trust that it was something to the effect of "What a wonderful pile of scrap metal, it must be a gift from Allah! Where did Abdul put the saws-all? Sorry boys, but it will be a miracle if this find survives the next few days.
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Old 04-24-2012, 02:00 AM
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I trust that it was something to the effect of "What a wonderful pile of scrap metal, it must be a gift from Allah! Where did Abdul put the saws-all? Sorry boys, but it will be a miracle if this find survives the next few days.
Simple solution...England declares war on Egypt that should get the export paper work pushed through rather quickly

p.s i still want to know about the pilot and did he survive
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Old 04-24-2012, 02:33 AM
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Good OB!

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Old 04-24-2012, 02:38 AM
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:23 AM
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Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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Old 04-24-2012, 07:17 AM
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The pilot got lost due to a wrong Lonely Planet map consulted upside down. The rest is history:


That's Tvrdi isn't it?
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Old 04-24-2012, 07:22 AM
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Old 04-24-2012, 09:49 AM
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Mig-21 is not a stressed skin construction.....well it kind of is, but it's built using heavier and stiffer formers and spars which are much more self supporting.

Maybe a Hurricane or other fabric covered aircraft can be displayed that way, but a typical WWII all metal airframe is a monocoque (stressed skin) and would deffinately bend and wobble with no skin on.
^ what he said.
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Old 04-24-2012, 11:30 AM
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^ what he said.
Whatever I guess you are the expert. What idiot would used stressed skin construction on supersonic jet makes no sense.
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Old 04-24-2012, 12:06 PM
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Has anyone noted the position of the Throttle? seems like it's nearly 3/4 to Full.
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