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2008-02-20 Iraq

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Posted by Mike 2008-02-20 08:01|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Excellent idea!

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-02-20 08:52|| 2008-02-20 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 ...giving the Iraqis an aircraft that can act as an Predator clone.

Cause, you know, it takes at least a generation of youth with hands on experience with the Next Generation[tm] consoles to get the hang of the modern VideoGame War[tm] tech. (Noticing nervous Top Guns concerns about the enlisted back stateside operating UAVs from their remote ~~game studios~~ command centers.)

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-20 09:26|| 2008-02-20 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Holy crap - an ATTACK Cessna! Thats great!

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-20 12:59|| 2008-02-20 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Thats not the first "attack Cessna" though.

Look up the A37

Posted by buwaya 2008-02-20 13:12|| 2008-02-20 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 How would anyone who plays mere computer games know anything about a weapons platform?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJjRQLbiEyg

;)

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-02-20 14:26|| 2008-02-20 14:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Jeez the games are getting closer and closer...

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-20 16:10|| 2008-02-20 16:10|| Front Page Top

#7 And I remember Sky King 'bombing' the bad guys on Saturday morning with bags of flour, ably assisted by his bombadier/ niece, Penny.
(Cessna 310 twin)

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-20 16:20|| 2008-02-20 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Penny was 310? is that metric?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-20 17:09|| 2008-02-20 17:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Noooo!

Penny was the niece! the 310 was the Songbird ( the Cessna aeroplane) early episodes used a Beech taildragger.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-20 17:30|| 2008-02-20 17:30|| Front Page Top

#10 I've done "bombing" out of a 210. Hay Bales to cattle stuck by a flood, long time ago when I was still rated. Did it out of a 172, but that was full cans of beer as well, but that was Texas, an impound lake, and a bass boat with guys we knew in it, heh.

I've always wanted a P210 with the turbocharged conversion work. Climbs at 2100fpm, runs on JetA, and cruises at over 200kts, 1300nm range. Great single engine AC. Roomy too with good cargo capacity, and the P model is pressurized so you can go up to 18000 with that engine. Haven't made them since 1985 tho. I guess I'm old.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-20 18:25|| 2008-02-20 18:25|| Front Page Top

#11 If it's good enough for the Rantburg Air Force...

Posted by Ulladulla 2008-02-20 18:45|| 2008-02-20 18:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Strange. That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-02-20 20:48|| 2008-02-20 20:48|| Front Page Top

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