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. It gives greater maneuverability and has the same speed characteristics as forward swept wings, but it is more aerodynamically unstable , so it relies heavily on Fly-by-wire. The Germans were the first to experiment with it in WWII, but since computers couldn't be put on planes back then they never got far. The US also had a prototype like it, the X-29 but AFAIK they gave up on that approach. It looks like the Russians are planning to have that operational around the same time as the F-22 comes out. *edit* as a comparison here's the US X-29 prototype.

Ah yes, those exist in Russia too, as a matter of fact there's a prototype fighter nicknamed after it. S-37 (prototype designation, not the same as Su-37) "Berkut"

9--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ April 21 2002,039)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">stupid me, nm<span id='postcolor'> lol nm this as well then

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ April 21 2002,03:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Guess <span id='postcolor'> Beef Jerkier Squad?

0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rpc007 @ April 21 2002,010)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well from that CNN quote that Assault posted earlier it said they were shooting skyward..... why would they shoot skyward<span id='postcolor'> Assault already explained this </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I speculate that he might have also seen tracers bouncing up into the air from the live fire excercise, leading him to believe he was under 'attack'. <span id='postcolor'>

Boy that's ironic...well AFAIK Ruskie is still around. The other two...long story.

0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ April 21 2002,010)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Thanks dude. For the first time in my life I can enter a liquor store without worrying about what excuse to give the guy if he asks "you look kinda young", lol. Okay, so now I'm legal to do just about anything in USA. Â I will go out and hang out with prostitutes, drink lots of alcohol, and burn the tires off on the rental car. Â Anything I might have missed ? Â <span id='postcolor'> Happy Birthday. Heh, i'm 20 and I've been doing that stuff legally since I was 19 (18 if I felt like going over to Hull just to do it legally). I love Canada . BTW in Cuba there's no such thing as a "legal drinking age". Your parents decide. My dad decided 7 was old enough for a beer

lol I was wondering what reaction he would have

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Renagade @ April 20 2002,07:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yeah but the question u have to ask urself is how many times have u accidently blown ur teammates up in OFP when flying the chopper or plane or vice versa so i guess in real combat it would be ten times as easy for things to go wrong.<span id='postcolor'> Real life is not a game, there is no "reset" button

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (barret @ April 20 2002,23:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">But not an owl? <span id='postcolor'> Never seen an owl that looked like that (And yes I know not many birds look like a Hind). What i mean is,owls are too flat-faced

Lol they have eagles in Russia you know, not American Bald Eagles but still, eagles. I'm pretty sure it's that or a hawk.

Good choice . Thanks

lol @ Nordin. I just noticed you couldn't even leave Fat Chick out of that one! What the hell is wrong with you man?!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ April 20 2002,18:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You sound quite nomadic <span id='postcolor'> Why do you think I like it, it kinda fits!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (nordin dk @ April 20 2002,17:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You two shouldn't complain at all... <span id='postcolor'> I ain't complaining

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ April 20 2002,17:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">"Royal Clitoris", are you calling me a pussy? <span id='postcolor'> Hey at least you're Royalty. Here I am, the son of God, and I'm a Nomad!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Die Alive @ April 20 2002,15:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You live in southern Quebec / Ontario?<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, Ottawa Ontario. Been here 6 years and never felt anything like it....then again I've been in 4 different countries in my life and never felt anything like it

Lol well, I almost slept right through it, at first it felt like a dream, then it was a bit too real, I thought maybe it was still the alcohol but then I thought "alcohol makes things spin, not shake", so my next thought was "fucking roomate, I'll show him...BOOT TO THE HEAD!...Oh wait...he's not there....hey cool earthquake!"

lol I guess I'll take it

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Frizbee @ April 20 2002,03:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">But its only rarely considered that in honest mistakes, or bad intelligence situations, that the Pilot who commited the Blue-on-Blue engagement will have to live for the rest of their life with the knowledge that they killed friendly forces.<span id='postcolor'> Granted, and I've expressed that the pilot must be feeling the lowest of his life right now, but still, the fact is that he was told not once but twice to hold his fire by his commander, and he fired anyway...just because of some muzzle flashes in the dark...

Ack! Still just a lowly "Member". Mods! Your Mesiah commands you!...pretty please??...

lol No problem Albert, english is my third language... "long faced" is what you look like when you are angry or depressed. A very common (and unfunny) joke is "a horse walks into a bar and the bartender asks him: Why the long face?"

Heh, mediocraly funny joke, but why the long face?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IceFire @ April 20 2002,00:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Why are you so sure that we was just some cocky pilot who wanted to be a cowboy?? Â We havn't even heard from the guy yet!<span id='postcolor'> We've heard a lot from his commanders. I live in Ottawa, I go to school 10 mins away from the Department of National Defense, and this is all our news papers are talking about. He was told twice by his commander not to fire, and he did anyways.

I want to be "OFP Mesiah"