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F16 vs C-130 A C-130 was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by. The jet jockey decided to show off. The fighter jock told the C-130 pilot, 'watch this!' and promptly went into a barrel roll followed by a steep climb. He then finished with a sonic boom as he broke the sound barrier. The F-16 pilot asked the C-130 pilot what he thought of that? The C-130 pilot said, 'That was impressive, but watch this!' The C-130 droned along for about 5 minutes and then the C-130 pilot came back on and said: 'What did you think of that?' Puzzled, the F-16 pilot asked, 'What the heck did you do?' The C-130 pilot chuckled. 'I stood up, stretched my legs, walked to the back, took a leak, then got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll.' The moral of the story is.... When you are young and foolish - speed and flash may seem a good thing ! When you get older and smarter - comfort and dull is not such a bad thing! Us older folks understand this one.

That RC model is awesome. And yes, it does seem to fly better, and with fewer squeaks, than the real thing. My first flightline job in the Air Force (Dec '65) was to swap out an APS-42 transmitter in a C-124C at Dover AFB. I never did get to count all the pieces to the old RT unit after it slipped out of my hands, falling from the nose to the ground (the clam shell doors were open). What could I say? I was a green "3-level" and they told me in tech school that I'd never see the obsolete APS-42 radar... which I continued working on for the next 10 years.

Try this site: http://www.ranger95.com/airforce/organ_maint_sq/314th_oms.html