Talk of The Villages Florida - SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

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Originally Posted by rp001 (Post 967923)

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.

NO your thinking of the F105 Thunder Chief was the thunder thud. due to it's short stubby wings (and the sound it made when it hit the ground). The F111's was sweep wing design and had excellent glide to point (was heavy two engine aircraft naturally when stalled I came down like the Thunder Chief) The Thunder Chief was basically rocket with wings and only one engine fighter, when the engine quit or flamed out you was coming down real quick. I built probably well over 100 TF30s' In all models of F111's and Few navy tom cats. F111G's are still flying in Australia Air Force. Thunder Chief had J75 afterburner engine, Only the B1 engine was louder in afterburner. J75 screech would rattle windows for miles on the trim pad.