I hate it when this happens.

*stares at useless junk adorning mantle*

They recently made it legal in Texas to shoot wild hogs from the air. I'll bet that with an L29 you could pile up bacon by the slab.

I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.

UNC_Samurai: I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.

That must have just been a stock photo. L-29s look like this:




And they're actually Czech, not Russian, though it was used throughout the Soviet bloc, including by the USSR.

Additional little trivia tidbit: these things are still in active service in third-rate air forces, and Russia claims to have destroyed two of them in their recent war with Georgia.

UNC_Samurai: I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.



they're gulf war-era jaguars, i think, not tornadoes. but the wrong jets, for sure.

"...I hope it pays off in the long run."

Yeah, good luck with that.

//a bacon butty sounds yummy.

FlashHarry: UNC_Samurai: I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.



they're gulf war-era jaguars, i think, not tornadoes. but the wrong jets, for sure.

"What a jet fighter may look like."

From this article I learned two new words for "sandwich". Today was a good day.

War nerd alert:
L29 - not Russian, not a fighter.
Wouldn't mind one though.

/prefer a Hunter
//or a Gripen

FlashHarry: they're gulf war-era jaguars, i think, not tornadoes. but the wrong jets, for sure.

Yes...Jags.

eqtworld: I want one!

Come on, who will go in on it with me? If we get ten guys to each split the costs...

*checks how many gallons an hour it burns*

We could throw in $100 each, too, and buy enough property in detroit to build a Fark Air Park!

/

eqtworld: I want one!

Come on, who will go in on it with me? If we get ten guys to each split the costs...

I want one too, but I don't share my bacon sandwiches with anyone.

Bacon, is there anything it can't do?

Churchill2004: UNC_Samurai: I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.

That must have just been a stock photo. L-29s look like this:


That looks familiar, is that an air museum in Wichita, KS?

I have this same problem going to arcade auctions.
One Asteroids Deluxe, Cocktail Galaxian, 6 arcade monitors and an Addams Family Values redemption game later, I think $40 worth is enough for now.
But that might be because I just had bacon.

eqtworld: I want one!

Come on, who will go in on it with me? If we get ten guys to each split the costs...

*checks how many gallons an hour it burns*

The kick ass thing is you can make a shiatload of bacon sandwiches, take the drippings and turn them into bio-fuel and the engine will take it with little or no modification.

kayoteq: I have this same problem going to arcade auctions.
One Asteroids Deluxe, Cocktail Galaxian, 6 arcade monitors and an Addams Family Values redemption game later, I think $40 worth is enough for now.


So, not married then?

/would love to own a jet fighter
//if it has to be russian, make mine a fulcrum.

this guy has to be a farker.

'Bacon Sandwich'? That's a funny name for a ferret.

Is there anything bacon can't do?

Sleuth Diplomacy: That looks familiar, is that an air museum in Wichita, KS?

No, it's wikipedia.

bacon sandwich + fighter jet = Win/Win

/if he'd of found a nickel, it quite possibly could have been the best day ever.

I'm not sure how I would react if my mother rang me up to pop in for a bacon butty.

DeadZone: Wait, there's an important question that's not being answered:

DID HE GET THE BACON SANDWICH?

Jesus, man, there are just some things you don't ask!

So he came out ahead on the deal?

I don't think it was a good idea to assemble the airplane on the front lawn. A L29 Delfin fighter is more of a back yard project. Now the neighbors will escalate.

The diet Coke with bacon picture reminds me that sometimes I order the veggie burger and have bacon and cheese on it so that it will taste like something. What the Hey? I'm not doing it for my health, but if I were, the tofu pretty much cancels out the toppings.

Churchill2004: UNC_Samurai: I think those aircraft in the picture are Tornados, but they sure aren't L29's.

That must have just been a stock photo. L-29s look like this:

And they're actually Czech, not Russian, though it was used throughout the Soviet bloc, including by the USSR.

Additional little trivia tidbit: these things are still in active service in third-rate air forces, and Russia claims to have destroyed two of them in their recent war with Georgia.

Was more of a scuffle then a war.

Nothing's better for a boo-boo...



/sizzling hot
//Shropshire Slashies

What the neighbors house might look like




/hotter then a neighborhood holy war

DeadZone: Wait, there's an important question that's not being answered:


DID HE GET THE BACON SANDWICH?

Actually, the guy says: "When I got there I grabbed the sandwich just as the bidding was starting. I was instantly smitten so before the hammer went down, impulse took over and I threw my hand up. My heart was thumping and adrenaline racing. It was a real thrill."

What's not entirely clear is what gave him the thrill. Was it the bacon sandwich, or was it buying the plane?

/the bacon sandwich

Churchill2004:

No, it's wikipedia.

Eastern Bloc slums, Kansas, they look about the same.

/ Desolate Wastelands
// More cows in Kansas

Anyone else see L29 and think "twink"?

The British have weird slang. "sarnie" = "butty" = "sandwich"? Really?

Oh, for God's sake, was it a bacon sarnie, a bacon sandwich, or a bacon butty?!

bippity...boppity...Bacon !

Awesome! Now he can cry himself to sleep somewhere different. AND make 'pew pew' noises.

//Ok, I'm just projecting.
//Off to..get this thing out of my eye..

Picture in article is a Sepecat Jaguar, you can tell from the missile hardpoints on top of the wings

Applefarmer: DeadZone: Wait, there's an important question that's not being answered:


DID HE GET THE BACON SANDWICH?

Actually, the guy says: "When I got there I grabbed the sandwich just as the bidding was starting. I was instantly smitten so before the hammer went down, impulse took over and I threw my hand up. My heart was thumping and adrenaline racing. It was a real thrill."

What's not entirely clear is what gave him the thrill. Was it the bacon sandwich, or was it buying the plane?

/the bacon sandwich

Well, It's all good then.

Wow.

Bacon and military aircraft thread. Is there anything fark can't do?

Yep, Jaguars.

A Jaguar can loosely be considered a figher jet. It's supersonic, can carry heat-seeking missiles, has guns, and some versions have radar. It's really an attack aircraft but in a pinch it could serve as a figher.

An L29 is unarmed. Even if it had a gun, it is also quite slow by jet standards and wouldn't see 500 mph downhill in a hurricane. A late war Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair, Thunderbolt. or FW190 would eat its lunch.

What else was on the sandwich besides bacon?