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Okay....care to explain to me why this is a 'crazy' takeoff?

@magna59 Yup. Which is why the USN switch to the nose gear towbars starting with the A-7, and A-6.

Harmonious dragmaster. RAF missed out by rejecting the DH.110. Instead they got this POS. What was Gloster thinking?

Resurrect the long-range proposal of this, upgrade the engines, and the Sea Vixen could have a second life. Funny that this was one of the only FAA jets they didn't need to jack up the front prior to launch.

@mrpilot102 Because the plane is design to do that?

@OsmoZMotionCH Since this was in Alaska, I think someone already did.

And yet its very appropriate for this weapon.

B-17 is fine. How bout upping the ante and trying that against a B-58?

The reality of war. Anyone who bought into the propaganda films about it are in for a rude awakening.

Good for some practice, bad as an actual weapon. To think Lockheed made the same mistake....

@6308281 Amen, brother.

A horrible design, but at least it gave to Soviet Navy some experience.

And this is why you don't put more than one engine in a V/STOL plane. One goes out, you're screwed. Glad the pilots managed to make it out.

@Metalicalypse Whatever drugs you're on, you either took too much or not enough.

@6digit Refresh my memory, but before that wasn't the Philipines trying to kick the US out? You know, after the Spanish-American War? One colonial power replaced by another? Funny how things like that are forgotten.

@Ghostkiller5555 Is that comment really worth defending at all? Do the words 'taking a shit' really mean so much to you? Hate to break this to you, but even on the internet, not everyone's going to be so supportive of you, so don't assume the whole web is going to gang up on me to defend you. ...

@XXXGizmo13XXX Would you like some bread and cheese to go with your whine?