On Friday 05 Aug 2005 22:10, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Lee Elliott wrote: > >Liked the 3 engine 747 :) > > > >The Draken is an interesting a/c - I saw the one at Duxford, > > here in the UK, and was surprised at how close to the ground > > the wing trailing edge was. When looked at from the back I > > rather thought it looked like a huge moth. > > I don't know how much more work I'll do with the National Test > Pilot School (pending the results of the current small > project) :-) but if things go well, there may be some modeling > work that needs to get done at some point. Any interest in > that sort of thing, or do you keep busy enough with your day > job and hobbies? > > The Draken is a really impressive bird, especially considering > the era in which it was designed. The US is pretty cocky > about stuff invented over here, but the Draken had some really > impressive specs for it's day. > > To be honest, I stared and squinted at the real scene for the > longest time trying to figure out if my eyes were playing > tricks on me or what. It wasn't until I got to see the full > digital picture that I figured out the 747 hump was behind the > DC-10/MD-11. :-) > > Curt.
Just about all of the Swedish jets from the Tunnen onwards have been pretty interesting and capable aircraft for their day. Almost surprisingly so for such a relatively small nation. LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
