wolit@alice.UUCP (Jan Wolitzky) (06/28/85)
> WHAT??? What do you mean "Who Cares?" for the 'current military' > category? These are among the most beautiful aircraft flying! > Military jet fighters have always been designed to be > sleek, and more often than not, excite the imagination (as well > as the enemy.) > > I vote the B36 as the "most beautiful". > Who can forget the magnificent footage in "Strategic Air Command" with > Jimmy Stewart. Those scenes are inspiring even today. Nah, I vote for the Stuka. Who can forget those inspiring newreels of civilians being machine-gunned by Stukas blasting a path for the tanks? Or maybe the B-29... The image of that beautiful plane banking away from the mushroom cloud rising proudly over Hiroshima sure leaves me with a lump in my throat. On the other hand, I can remember the excitement I felt while watching on TV as the sleek lines of an F-4 Phantom streaked across the Cambodian treetops while the pretty orange and yellow napalm flames bloomed below, and the crispy kids staggered out a bit later. That's what those beautiful warbirds are really all about, isn't it? -- Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; alice!wolit (Affiliation given for identification purposes only)