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That looks expensive

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:34 am
by Nark

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:11 pm
by Colonel
I thought after they crashed one, they were given another?

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:06 pm
by The Dread Pilot Roberts
DOGE won’t be happy

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:20 am
by David MacRay
Neat. Did a Chinese stealth jet get it?

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:03 am
by Slick Goodlin
Good news, the lowest bidder is already probably building another one to replace it.

Glad that whatever happened to get there, that MB seat got the guy out of the airplane.

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:20 am
by Nark



This guy has a wild story about ejecting at Mach .93


Kinda glad my war machine doesn’t have tiny rockets under my ass.

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:37 pm
by Colonel
the lowest bidder
I wish. Last time I checked the boondoggle F-35 was expected to cost a TRILLION dollars. And 20 years after first shipment, they're still having problems delivering them.

Re: That looks expensive

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:46 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Colonel wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:37 pm
the lowest bidder
I wish. Last time I checked the boondoggle F-35 was expected to cost a TRILLION dollars. And 20 years after first shipment, they're still having problems delivering them.
Imagine if they’d bought the Boeing one…