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Old 03-29-2014, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ebacon View Post
Pretty. I like the craftsmanship in nice steins.

IIRC the F104 had really thin wings, so thin that the leading edges were covered with padding while hangared so that people would not gash their noggins on them if they bumped into them.
If you could call them wings, it was once described as a pregnant hatpin on a razor blade. Very unstable at low altitudes and speeds.
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