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The Fatman. (lives in Austin, TX) :D

This raises an interesting question, though. If the Concordia and the Victory were in service at the same time, wouldn't the Concordia have the newer fighters (Hellcats, Thunderbolts, etc.) and the Victory be equipped with the older-model (WC2) craft? Since the Concordia is on the front lines...

Futility.

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Formula One.

Synthesizer

And, of course, Hobbes' Kilrathi accent. :D

Actually, it's the Tu-160 "Blackjack" strategic bomber. The Russian supersonic airliner is the Tu-144 (NATO codename "Charger") and it's actually still in service as a flying laboratory. There were never any technical problems with the plane. The reason it was retired was because of the...

Bell P-39 Airacobra. How about the Tu-160?

YF-23 "Black Widow II". It should have won, IMO... it was *such* a cool-looking plane. Unconventional designs are great - I'd love to see a dogfight between the Su-47 Berkut and the YF-23. How about the L-39?

Dominator's right. S-37 and Su-47 are the same plane, both named the "Berkut". They're a supermaneuverable next-generation fighter with forward-swept wings. The Su-37 "Terminator" is another member of the Su-27 family, but it's *much* more sophisticated (and deadly) aircraft when you compare...

The Wright Brothers' plane is the "Flyer". In a few months, it'll be 100 years since the first flight. What's the name of the rather incredible new Su-47?

F-100 "Super Sabre". MiG-21.

Q-5 "Fantan" or something? The Chinese are the only ones who use the Q- designation, I think. Ripper, no joke. The X-6 was supposed to be powered by a General Electric P1 nuclear reactor, and it had a crew complement of five: a pilot, copilot, flight engineer and two nuclear engineers. As...