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World's Largest Model R/C Airplane
2008-09-19
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#9  Whatcher seein here fellers is yer Belgian air force in action. The fly-boys over there in chocolate bon bon land have had their budgets cut pretty sharply. Now the marchin band still gets top dollar, mind you, but these boys, since theys got what is clearly an "offensive weapon" has to be kept on a tight spending leash.
Posted by: remoteman   2008-09-19 18:39  

#8  these are much cheaper than real airplanes, build a buttload of them and fly them over Pakiwaki border at some low altitude; due to their size they would look like the real thing and when the Paki gov't protests, you can say, in all honesty, "they are just toys."

do this for several days, and then sortie a real section over, complete with the obligatory ARCLIGHT strike.

"Wudn't us, we be flying' our toys."
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2008-09-19 11:15  

#7  Doesn't SALT II ban these things?
Posted by: Bunyip   2008-09-19 04:39  

#6  Worlds second largest Model R/C Airplane? ... model airplane has 8 real turbine engines and took 2 years to build! Has a 22 ft wingspan, and takes two pilots to control.
Posted by: GK   2008-09-19 02:17  

#5  Just watch your weather, do thorough preflights, and don't let THIS happen to your model.

Posted by: Alaska Paul in Delta Junction, AK   2008-09-19 02:15  

#4  I'd like to see this sucker flying over Wazoo. The noise alone would stimulate mass seething.
Posted by: Steve White   2008-09-19 01:42  

#3  It is equipped with either a scale model Little Boy or Fat Man bomb, depending upon the mission.
Posted by: Alaska Paul in Delta Junction, AK   2008-09-19 01:17  

#2  What armament and ordinance can this plane carry?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2008-09-19 00:44  

#1  nice!
Posted by: 3dc   2008-09-19 00:15  

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