Don't even step to your jets, boys--you're already dead.

By Dusty (AKA Attila of Argghhh!) on March 17, 2008 | | Comments (6)

Me.

Want.

Seeing as how I'm in England (going to Fwance tomorrow), my time to elaborate is limited. I will do so ASAP. In the meantime, suffice it to say this airplane is the aviation equivalent to a cannon that can shoot around a corner. That is all -Attila

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By kat-missouri on March 17, 2008 8:02 PM
To paraphrase my AF brother: the most awesome thing ever.
 
By Neffi on March 17, 2008 9:05 PM
Aw sheesh- dang kerosene burners wit all the fancy-shmancy ee-lectronics and such. I could take it down with a Spitfire Mk IX or above... um, if it would hang around long enough. Harrumph
 
By LongTabSigO on March 17, 2008 10:16 PM
It would be interesting to see it (F22) in a dogfight with some vintage aircraft. Put the F22 in a relatively tight box (10 Sq Miles?) and see how that maneuverability helps/hinders. Just a thought.
 
By dave on March 17, 2008 11:04 PM
watched one of those flying in close formation with p-51s, f-86's, an f-4, f-16, f-15 and a-10s last weekend. practicing for heritage flight demos. i was sporting wood... living here in tucson and driving by the boneyard everyday it always amazes me. we mothball better aircraft than the rest of the world flys active duty. and now this one. guess we'll be seeing the eagles in the boneyard next...
 
By BillT on March 19, 2008 7:34 AM
*All* cannons can shoot around a corner. They just do it the long way -- over the roof, into the troposphere and then back down again.
 
By Casey Tompkins on March 19, 2008 1:12 PM
LongTabSigO, that's not saying much! :) After all, the Mitsubishi A6M was far more maneuverable than anything we Americans had for a long time, but they still got chewed up at prodigious rate. The irony is that -for all the talk about dogfighting- virtually all WW2 US fighters emphasized speed and acceleration over maneuverability; mainly because America made the best radials around, and Rolls-Royce dominated the in-line market... Zoom in, hit 'em hard, zoom out. Think Dodge Super-bee vs. turbocharged Civic. :) BTW, I recently read over at Strategypage that they need to stack up at least six Eagles against one Raptor, just to give the Raptor driver a challenge. Whew.