RAAF's F-111's free to good home

[Jaws2002]

This is so Cool!
There's an F-111 in Texarkana, TX just off the Interstate 30 in some yard. Great looking bird.

I hope this birds find good homes and owners that take good care of them.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by swiss

He never owned it, the whole thing was staged for the show.
It was funny as hell though.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

ah bummer, I thought he did! Or at least that what he said on a Top Gear magazine some time ago, but yeah, whichever the case, funny as hell!

Was borrow from Neil Airey

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...ivor.php?id=31

[TomcatViP]

if you want some info regarding the 111 you can browse this website :
http://www.f-111.net/

They hve pretty good info and even cheap sells a CD with a lot of interesting tech stuffs.

I hve to admit that this plane has always been fascinating to me exception made of the dump/burn air show trick

[JG52Krupi]

GRRRR... Give me a TSR2 any day....

Saddest day in British aviation history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjN3P...eature=related

As good as the F-111 turned out to be I can't help but see it as the aircraft that doomed what was going to be a fantastic aircraft... no patriotism here BTW just sad to see politics destroy a great aircraft.

[TomcatViP]

TSR2?!!... Defiitively I can understand now that you are (so) British

[Sternjaeger II]

yup, I have to say that I never understood the nostalgia for the plane that never was

[JG52Krupi]

Yeah I can't either...

The TSR2 "was" you utter fool, it flew it was on the verge of full scale manufacturing, if it was an aircraft that never made it off the drawing board then yes I could understand that but it was almost complete and a better aircraft.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Yeah I can't either...

The TSR2 "was" you utter fool, it flew it was on the verge of full scale manufacturing, if it was an aircraft that never made it off the drawing board then yes I could understand that but it was almost complete and a better aircraft.

I meant nobody really knows how the TSR2 would have operated, since it never made it to production, what I meant is that I don't understand what all this "aaah I wish we had the RSR2!" is based on, if it's because it's a cool all British plane or because it actually served a purpose.

From what I could see and read on the plane anyway, maybe it's a good thing it never made it: it would have cost you a lot of money and would have soon become obsolete.

Cool plane nonetheless, the one in Cosford is fantastic.

[bw_wolverine]

Let's not get started on 'Aircraft that might have been'.

As a Canadian, the Avro Arrow story makes me rage.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

Let's not get started on 'Aircraft that might have been'.

As a Canadian, the Avro Arrow story makes me rage.

yeah, the two have disturbingly similar fates (and looks!)