NJANG Six Shooter cockpit area with the frameless hood, IRST and front end of the M61 tub visible. Sorry for the grainy photo... air-to-air through a really dirty window. :) Atlantic coast off Atlantic City around 1986.
just to blow your minds ....... F-106 Trimotor !!http://www.f-106deltadart.com/nasa_airbreathing_propulsion_research.htm
Quote from: raafif on June 12, 2013, 07:29:54 AMjust to blow your minds ....... F-106 Trimotor !!http://www.f-106deltadart.com/nasa_airbreathing_propulsion_research.htmAnyone else instantly think REAL LIFE Colonial Viper from Battlestar upon reading that?
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Random thought: F-106 with AIM-54.
Quote from: GTX_Admin on August 11, 2013, 04:21:25 AMRandom thought: F-106 with AIM-54.Good luck trying to get more than two of those things stuffed in that weapons bay. :)
I was thinking only 1 or 2.
Another option would be to consider that miniaturization was applied to the AIM-4 and the missile was improved upon during the production run and the end result was a mini-AIM-54 Phoenix clone in size and shape based on applying some scale-o-rama and using 1:72nd scale AIM-54 Phoenix to replace the AIM-4. Claim it as another Falcon derivative that was the result of advancements in weapons technology that resulted in a better missile based on these improvements.
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on August 11, 2013, 05:46:41 AMAnother option would be to consider that miniaturization was applied to the AIM-4 and the missile was improved upon during the production run and the end result was a mini-AIM-54 Phoenix clone in size and shape based on applying some scale-o-rama and using 1:72nd scale AIM-54 Phoenix to replace the AIM-4. Claim it as another Falcon derivative that was the result of advancements in weapons technology that resulted in a better missile based on these improvements. I've thought of doing that with both 1/144th and 1/100th Phoenix to make head-scratcher Falcon versions in 1/72nd....
<...> a very wicked looking "mini-me" version of the original weapon. Similar in some respects to what Matra did with the R530F ("Super 530") and the MICA AAM.