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World’s largest airplane. It’s being built by a billionaire. It’s getting ready to fly.
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3147393" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>Fun F-18 fact. My first trip working commiefornia was at a company that built some F-18 parts. One of the program managers brought in a high falutin AF General from the pentagon for a dog and pony show. They were going on and said that the F-18 was a great plane with one big problem. No legs. That's what brought about the Super Hornet. When the Israelis heard of the SH, they immediately wanted to place orders, but for theirs to be built with all titanium bulkheads instead of aluminum alloy. The designers said something like "well we can do that and all, but if you do it, the plane will pull enough G's to basically kill your pilots". Don't recall if it actually happened or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3147393, member: 3099"] Fun F-18 fact. My first trip working commiefornia was at a company that built some F-18 parts. One of the program managers brought in a high falutin AF General from the pentagon for a dog and pony show. They were going on and said that the F-18 was a great plane with one big problem. No legs. That's what brought about the Super Hornet. When the Israelis heard of the SH, they immediately wanted to place orders, but for theirs to be built with all titanium bulkheads instead of aluminum alloy. The designers said something like "well we can do that and all, but if you do it, the plane will pull enough G's to basically kill your pilots". Don't recall if it actually happened or not. [/QUOTE]
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