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@kadonkey @one0nine @centerepublican @JudahBDavis @RickOceanMusic @AvHistoryOgre @clark_aviation @09EA63 @militaryhistori @Robofemoid @majestic_air @Postmanden1 @CalaisFrom @Korean_AvGeek @Gamer_1745 @GRossSharp 3/ More #Midway #maps and #photos. ↖️map from https://t.co/IRH4Zvv3SV shows fuel tanks, radio station, command post, coastal guns, seaplane base, finger piers and combat damage. Note: no runways. ↗️Midway subs. Are they at the finger piers?↙️Modern map.↘️1941.

@kadonkey @Sylvia70485099 @clark_aviation @JPPFRUS @Korean_AvGeek @AvHistoryOgre @LatinMilitaryAv @Aviation_B91 @curlyboy1975 @templefugate @deecanadian @majestic_air @MartinKoenigsb2 @JudahBDavis @chicaran1 @GavicWayne @GRossSharp 4/ F-108 (planned): 2-crew, 2 × #GE J93-GE-3AR afterburning turbojet, 20,900 lbf thrust each dry, 29,300 lbf on afterburner; 1,150-mile radius; Mach 3+; 100-mile range missiles, 80,000’ ceiling, 3 air-to-air missiles in a flush internal weapons bay, look down/shoot down radar...

@kadonkey @Sylvia70485099 @clark_aviation @JPPFRUS @Korean_AvGeek @AvHistoryOgre @LatinMilitaryAv @Aviation_B91 @curlyboy1975 @templefugate @deecanadian @majestic_air @MartinKoenigsb2 @JudahBDavis @chicaran1 @GavicWayne @GRossSharp 3/ F-108 Rapier was huge. Its 89’ length x 22’ height x 57.5’ wingspan compare to a #WW2 B-17’s 74.3’ l x 19’ h x 103.75’ w. Though B-17’s wingspan was almost double, F-108 was 20% longer and 15% taller. Rapier’s max takeoff weight 102,533 lb was 55% greater and speed was ~7X!!!

@kadonkey @Sylvia70485099 @clark_aviation @JPPFRUS @Korean_AvGeek @AvHistoryOgre @LatinMilitaryAv @Aviation_B91 @curlyboy1975 @templefugate @deecanadian @majestic_air 2/ #USAF #USA's Program cancelled largely b/c of Soviet shift to ICBMs. This Mach 3+ aircraft would have potentially accompanied Mach 3+ North American B-70 bombers in their nuclear role. But it didn’t actually have the range to do so.

1/ #ColdWar #avgeeks #avgeek #planespotting The stunning 89' long North American XF-108 / F-108 Rapier supersonic interceptor was to intercept Soviet nuclear bombers. One wooden prototype built. 60+ years later, it looks modern and evokes the F-22. @kadonkey @Sylvia70485099

5/ #Swedengate #funny #humor #Ikea - But wait, there's more!

The Swiss National Redoubt: cool bunkers innocuously disguised as falsche chalet homes that are actually bunkers with 8' concrete and heavy weaponry. 8,000+ buildings, 360,000 bomb shelters, etc. #WW2 #ColdWar #History #travel #Switzerland

#avgeek #aviation #Mirage - The Dassault MD-750 was a 1960s Mach 3+ project that I don't believe ever reached the prototype phase. Thanks @yvemor for telling me about it. @kadonkey @Sylvia70485099 @clark_aviation

#TopGunMaverick - Clint Eastwood's #Hollywood #Firefox was a great #Coldwar #avgeek flick about a thought-controlled MiG-31. Clockwise from top left: the MiG-31 Firefox, Hermeus Halcyon, XF-108 Rapier concept and Firefox again. @kadonkey @dragongirl94 @one0nine @hermeuscorp

@kadonkey @Sylvia70485099 @one0nine @JudahBDavis @MartinKoenigsb2 @curlyboy1975 @centerepublican @RivetsAndPins @clark_aviation @majestic_air @deecanadian @Robofemoid @GavicWayne 3/ #CharlesLindbergh has no front windshield, no radio, no parachute, no GPS, no fuel gauge, no luggage. He has a few sandwiches, some tea, a massive 450-gallon (1700 l) fuel in tanks in front of and above him, two small side windows and a retractable periscope.