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« on: January 30, 2009, 08:13:59 PM »
The Air Force dropped in the latest P&W F100-229 motors in the Thunderbirds F16s for the super bowl fly over. Flame should be a bit longer out the back.
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 03:40:28 PM »
Had the set on but wasn't really watching closely so I missed 'em. When did they fly over, during the National Anthem? Ducked into the temporary radio room toward the end of it. How'd they look?
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 03:44:09 PM »
Haven't had Thunderbird since the 60's. After a few, everything looked good.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2009, 04:06:39 PM »
And yer a wiser man for it, Pete. That and Old Duke were the paper bag poisons of choice for the winos around my town in the 60s-70s. Then came Boones Farm, predecessor to the wine cooler. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 04:11:57 PM »
I did catch them as they flew over, but unfortunately it looked like they didn't light 'em off. I'm a sucker for airshow stuff. I always like watching the F-15 make a maximum effort take off and then stand on its tail and go vertical to infinity with both afterburners lit.
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 04:17:30 PM »

Lots of info and history for your favorite: Thunderbird

http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 09:12:06 PM »
The name sayz it al

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2009, 09:35:28 PM »
I watched the Thunderbirds as a kid.  The "Supermarionation" puppets were kinda cheesy, but the plot lines were always entertaining. Grin
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2009, 09:48:06 PM »

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