Message posted by Magoo on March 01, 2000 at 02:09:52 EST:
Oh no, he's back...! OK, here goes. The main star of it all is an 'EB-52 Megafortress'. This thing has 'fibre-skin' instead of its normal aluminium skin, and twin canted outward tails, supposedly making it very stealthy!!! In later versions, the author has replaced the eight TF-33 engines with four RB-211s (this last one isn't as silly as it sounds - the USAF are seriously looking at re-engining the 'Buffs'). It can shoot AIM-120 AAMRAAMs, and almost anything else you care to name in the US inventory (real or imagined). Instead of a traditional cockpit, it uses huge 21in multi function displays (MFDs) which can switch from fucntion to function at the touch of a button (also real, but never to be seen on a Buff). In one of his books, there is a version of the JSOW launched from a B-2 that flies over an Iranian (!) aircraft carrier and sprays it with a gluey type substance which jams everything up on the aircraft on deck (that's why I thought you'd been helping him out Jim!) There are many others, most of which escape my memory for the moment. It's all good fun really, but one must remember that it is all imagination. Magoo
In Reply to: Re: Dreamland references posted by Jim on February 29, 2000 at 06:22:21 EST:
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