Capable of Mach 2 but not when carrying external ordinance, they always "big it up" put anything on the wings and even the 21st century aircraft must fly subsonic. When looking for the best 60s low ground ponder you must consider the Blackburn Buccaneer which could exceed mach 1 on a gravity ride and carried its ordinance in a rotary bomb bay including it's nuks. That said, This is a great doc, I love the Century fighters, at a time when we knew nothing about aerodynamics but did it anyway cuz of air jockeys with massive balls and t "The rack of eye dive bombing" Outstanding.
These were essentially designed to fly low level at super onic speeds into the Soviet Union, drop a nuke then die in the subsequent explosion. There's a reason it's called the Lead Sled
The Thud is so nice, Power in Elegance in once. I want to fly it so badly.
A massive beast of a bird, served America well in the Vietnam War.
Capable of Mach 2 but not when carrying external ordinance, they always "big it up" put anything on the wings and even the 21st century aircraft must fly subsonic. When looking for the best 60s low ground ponder you must consider the Blackburn Buccaneer which could exceed mach 1 on a gravity ride and carried its ordinance in a rotary bomb bay including it's nuks. That said, This is a great doc, I love the Century fighters, at a time when we knew nothing about aerodynamics but did it anyway cuz of air jockeys with massive balls and t "The rack of eye dive bombing" Outstanding.
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These were essentially designed to fly low level at super onic speeds into the Soviet Union, drop a nuke then die in the subsequent explosion.
There's a reason it's called the Lead Sled