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What a terrible end to one of the greatest military aircraft ever (and I'm a Brit!)
Too sad to watch.

Zaphod

Noooooooo!

That is like tearing up a rolex watch so you can salvage a chunk of 10k gold..... on the other hand it is better to die a death on american soil by a taxpayer than sold to would be kamikazi pilots around the globe.

This will get me shot down, but after nearly 30 years in in aviation, military and civil, my view is probably a little different.

Like all great aircraft it had its day. It was old, expensive and very, very out of date. As long as a good handful make it to museums and maybe a super rich private owner to keep in the air then this is the fate of aircraft. Saying that having witnessed two of them do a super sonic flyby, some aircraft pull at the heartstrings more than others. I worked on Harrier GR3 to GR7 and T10. They were scrapped well before their time and I was sad to see them go. If the F14 had to go to war today against some of the aircraft that have come after it, well the question would then be why are we sending our aviators up in substandard aircraft to die. Another 40 years and we will all be looking at the stealth aircraft of today having the same conversation......

Matt

All true, but I cry when I have to put an old beloved dog to sleep too.

OldAirmail wrote:All true, but I cry when I have to put an old beloved dog to sleep too.

I totally agree with you OAM. I'm dreading the day I'll have to put down the little guy sleeping next to me right now. He's my constant shadow.


In regards to the photo, I guess we just have to chalk it up to the rational view of "You can't keep them all." ...Unfortunately...

Hawkeye

They could have offered to give it to me as a lawn ornament.

How about the world's ultimate flight sim cockpit?