Australia Day 2007

Brookfield said:
You're kidding???, mind you, some of us Brits think it's to celebrate the contiuous slaughter of the English cricket team
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Rofl, so true.
 
JikuzeN said:
"The F-111 remains the fastest and longest ranging combat aircraft in the Asia-Pacific", Yup, it's old now, but if you din't know, it's been getting MAJOR upgrades all the time, i rekon this plane is better than the F-18 Hornet :D. Damn it was fast, and amazing the witness something surpass TWICE the speed of sound

IMO the F-18 is far better. If we are talking just about bombing missions, then I'd agree with the F-111 being better. But overall the F-18 is so much better just because it can be used for so many things. (and is pretty good at all of them :p)

But I'd sure love to visit Australia one day, but I have so many countries I want to visit. :D
 
I've been to australia i think it was 2 summers ago. Everyone was nice and it's just like America because the cities there aren't ancient like London or any city in Europe so it's like america in that sense too. Some of the peoples accent were so thick we couldn't understand what they were saying but we understood most of what was being said.
 
no to put a damper on things but I just wanted to point out that i really dont think it was going 2x speed of sound...
that would create a sonic boom...
and as far as I know that can break things (glass and other things) as well as permenently damage your hearing...

but planes in general are amazing...
ive taken 2 flight lessons (basic little prop planes but still)

IMO im still a huge fan of the F-14... for those of you that dont know planes its the one Tom Cruise flys in Topgun lol

also: I live near willow grove navel base and I ahve gone to there air show almost every year since i can remember and ive been privileged enough to see the blue angels and thunderbirds multiple times each...simply AMAZING...flying at 500+ MPH only like 6-9 feet apart....
 
PCNoob said:
I've been to australia i think it was 2 summers ago. Everyone was nice and it's just like America because the cities there aren't ancient like London or any city in Europe so it's like america in that sense too. Some of the peoples accent were so thick we couldn't understand what they were saying but we understood most of what was being said.

The Aussie accent?, it's almost the same as the American accent, although theres a little diffrent stuff here and there. And besides, movies and shows make our accent sound really stupid , it isn't that way.

"fly at more than twice the speed of sound with its wings tucked back."

http://www.defence.gov.au/Raaf/aircraft/f111.htm
 
sorry I didnt mean it cant...i just meant i dont think it was when it was flying over your head...thats all...many planes can do 2x speed of sound...then there are planes like the SR-71 which is a ultra high altitude survalence plane that can do 3x...lol
 
JikuzeN said:
Flies at more than twice the speed of sound with its wings tucked back.
I knew that, in spite of the doubters, see my post about living near a USAF base.
 
some quick speed specs:

F-14 Tomcat: 1,584 mph (2,548km/h) Max. speed at 40,000 ft (12,200 m)
Max Mach Number = 1.88
Cruise Mach Number = .72
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-14-specs.htm
F/A-18 Hornet: Mach 1.7
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-18-specs.htm
F-16 Fighting Falcon: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-16-specs.htm
B-2 Spirit: High subsonic
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/b-2-specs.htm
(thats a nuclear bomber...and stealth)
F-22 Raptor: Mach 1.8 (supercruise: Mach 1.5)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-specs.htm
SR-71 Blackbird: capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet.
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/sr-71/

i know a little bit about planes for a long time I wanted to be a navy pilot...and I had a couple friends whose parents were pilots...
 
PCNoob said:
I've been to australia i think it was 2 summers ago. Everyone was nice and it's just like America because the cities there aren't ancient like London or any city in Europe so it's like america in that sense too. Some of the peoples accent were so thick we couldn't understand what they were saying but we understood most of what was being said.
Hah, "ancient like London" of course everything is ancient to somebody from Texas, lol, sure we have ancient buildings there, Buckingham Palace was built in 1702, what were the Americans doing then?, plenty of others even older, but over the last 5 - 10 years many amazing buildings took shape, we have a very long heritage, & we are very proud of it!
 
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