From WWII to Current (photo)

[RoadDawg]

Saw this photo and thought it was pretty cool.

[Steelrat]

Saw this photo and thought it was pretty cool.

Love those old Hellcats. The airforce does the same thing at airshows, and calls them "Heritage flights."

[geekwarrior]

saw something almost exactly like this about a month ago at the March Airshow, CA, along with the F22, the stealth F117, the Thunderbirds, and a bunch of other planes.

[Pump Scout]

Not trying to pick a nit, but those are F8F Bearcats. :)

[Konigballer]

He's right, and the Bearcats never saw combat in WW2.

[SpitFire1299]

Still.. its a cool picture. :)

[geekwarrior]

that jet is probably about to fall out of the sky to keep pace

[Army]

He's right, and the Bearcats never saw combat in WW2.

However, they were issued to VF-19 in May of 1945, which makes them WWII aircraft.

[cowboy_00]

poor jet pilot.

Yea i was gonna say the same about the Jet...dang thing could blow the wings Off those other 2.

[Steelrat]

Not trying to pick a nit, but those are F8F Bearcats. :)

You got me, I didn't look closely enough at the canopies.

[Cow hunter]

i just recently went to a military show in upstate NY which was at a military jet meuseum, and i must say, there were some incredible vechiles they had. the sheer size of some of those jets is incredible, and the weapons, whoo there was some power in them.

[magman007]

that jet is probably about to fall out of the sky to keep pace

not true at all, if any thing, the bear cats are at red line trying to keep pace, the f18 super hornet i believe has a landing speed of ~150, and thats on a normal runway, either way, the bear cat tops out at 424mph, which would actually be a comfortable cruise for the f18, not to mention, that the f18 in slow flight, with its massive amount of thrust, could stay aloft comfortably at very slow speeds.

[Steelrat]

[cowboy_00]

Thats what he was saying, is that its harder for the F18 to fly THAT slow. and we know it can stay like that, but whats the fun.

you wanna blow some windows out right?

[Recon by Fire]

Here is my idea of modern-WW2 retro:



Splash one Zero!