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Old 11-13-2014, 08:18 PM
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Wasn't the f111 nicknamed "thunder thud"? A good friend of mine, phantom pilot, from our Vietnam days said both the f111 and the f104 s had the glide path of a garage door. I never had the pleasure of either, as I was a ground pounder. Takes a special breed of craziness to fly any of those jets.