Просто красивое и динамичное фото - Морпеховский разведчик RF-4B Phantom II из Marine photo reconnaissance squadron VMFP-3 Eyes of the Corps готовится к взлету с палубы USS Midway в 1976-м году. Самолет покрашен в специальную окраску в честь 200-т летия США
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"самолет, которому наступили на нос и дали пинок под зад"
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The Phantom was, overall, a big, angular, brutish-looking aircraft, and at first glance many Navy and Marine aviators didn't think much of it, believing it was a "triumph of thrust over aerodynamics." One disgusted observed said that it looked like "someone had stepped on its nose and kicked it in the butt." However, the many virtues of the aircraft won most of them over, and eventually it didn't seem so strange-looking after all.
The Phantom gathered a number of nicknames during its career. Some of these names included "Snoopy", "Rhino", "Double Ugly", "Old Smokey", the "Flying Anvil", "Flying Footlocker", "Flying Brick", "Lead Sled", "Big Iron Sled" and the "St. Louis Slugger". ... Luftwaffe crews called their F-4s the Eisenschwein ("Iron Pig"), Fliegender Ziegelstein ("Flying Brick") and Luftverteidigungsdiesel ("Air Defense Diesel").Переведу: победа тяги над аэродинамикой; нечто, чему наступили на нос и дали в зад; самый невиданный чужак; ищейка; носорог; двойное ( ... )
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