WHIF's found on Youtube

[PR19_Kit]

You're not kidding! His AI-fu is surely very strong! How about this lot for inspiration?













And they all purport to be EB-66s, but none of them are the same as any other one! His AI software isn't very consistent......

[zenrat]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

[Rick Lowe]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

And now Kit has a New Plan... 

[comrade harps]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

And now Kit has a New Plan... 

There's certainly plenty for inspiration there.

[Weaver]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

And now Kit has a New Plan... 

Scaleorama Revell's new 1/32nd Meteor with 1/72nd Skywarrior parts...    

[McColm]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

And now Kit has a New Plan... 

Scaleorama Revell's new 1/32nd Meteor with 1/72nd Skywarrior parts...    

I was thinking Skywarrior myself  more than Destroyer, didn't they have sideways ejection seats?

[PR19_Kit]

I was thinking Skywarrior myself  more than Destroyer, didn't they have sideways ejection seats?

IIRC the Skywarrior didn't have ANY ejector seats, it was a bone of contention with the crews.

[kerick]

There's whifs a plenty illustrating this video .

This is my favourite.

An F-111 with new intakes might have cured some of its engine problems.

The others look nothing like an EB-66 but are interesting in their shapes. One looks definitely Soviet. At least the quality of the images are much better than usual. No jet engines with intakes and no exhaust or props with all the blades on one side. Kitbashing potential.

[jcf]

I was thinking Skywarrior myself  more than Destroyer, didn't they have sideways ejection seats?

IIRC the Skywarrior didn't have ANY ejector seats, it was a bone of contention with the crews.

Douglas A3D (All Three Dead)

[Weaver]

The last one looks British.  Gloster Super Meteor?

And now Kit has a New Plan... 

Scaleorama Revell's new 1/32nd Meteor with 1/72nd Skywarrior parts...    

I was thinking Skywarrior myself  more than Destroyer, didn't they have sideways ejection seats?

What Kit said. They had a tunnel they were supposed to take turns jumping though.

One of the reasons the B-66 cockpit looks so different is that the USAF insisted on redesigning it to take ejection seats.

[Rick Lowe]

the USAF insisted on redesigning it to take ejection seats.

It always helps crew morale when they think the higher-ups value the investment put into their training... and their lives, too, of course...

[kerick]

Of course there was Macnamera who said its was cheaper to train new pilots than to try and rescue downed pilots. What a jerk he was.

[Rick Lowe]

Of course there was Macnamera who said its was cheaper to train new pilots than to try and rescue downed pilots. What a jerk he was.

I hadn't heard that - what a very proto-BOB attitude...  

[jcf]

Of course there was Macnamera who said its was cheaper to train new pilots than to try and rescue downed pilots. What a jerk he was.

According to whom?
Sounds like the usual apocryphal BS that's circulated for decades directed at anybody
that some people don't like, the Hanoi Jane crap, Wilson was a Soviet tool etc. etc.

The historical record is clear that McNamara was personally opposed to the war in Vietnam,
he knew it was unwinnable, so why would he make such an idiotic public statement? It
sounds more likely that some aspect of his USAAF logistical analysis and number crunching
role during WWII has been misquoted out of context. Most likely deliberately and maliciously
without the actual context. For some idiotic reason people still like to badmouth Ike's "whiz kids",
but their analysis and its impact on logistics planning was one of the most important aspects of
winning WWII. Ike personally experienced the logistical mess during WWI and he never forgot,
which is why he pulled in the whiz-kids, and others from business, to make sure that the
behemoth that was about to be birthed didn't choke in its bassinet. The Allies dominated in
logistics and at the end of the day it's what won the war. McNamara was one of those "whiz-kids".

To be blunt, anything claimed about controversial people from the '50s and '60s needs to
be taken with a large grain of salt. A lot of BS has been spewed by people with an axe to
grind.

[NARSES2]

And they all purport to be EB-66s, but none of them are the same as any other one! His AI software isn't very consistent......

A hint of Vautour, Meteor and Pucara to me