• DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    I like this part even better:

    He added, “Only when McDonnell Douglas later went to analyze it, they said, OK, the F-15 has a very wide [lifting] body; you fly fast enough and you’re like a rocket. You don’t need wings.”

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      But the pilots quote was best of all

      “it’s highly likely that if I had seen it clearly I would have ejected, because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.”

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.

        Looney Tunes “Don’t look down” level achievement