A Russian MIG
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I think this is a Hornet. A US fighter.
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A Huey, an important vehicle in the Vietnam
war.
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F-4
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The nose of the Lockheed Martin X-35
prototype for the Joint Strike Fighter. This
is the actual jet that performed the "hat trick."
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See the hat with the cards in it on the tail wing?
A hat trick is a hockey term for scoring three
times. This jet took off vertically, landed
vertically and flew supersonically in one flight.
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I think this is the first vehicle to perform the
so called hat trick. The reason it was performed
was to out-do the Boeing submission for the
Joint Strike Fighter. This jet was subsequently
selected over the Boeing jet.
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X-35 (One day to be named the F-35)
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Vought RF-8G Crusader
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Vought RF-8G Crusader
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