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by ggm 801 days ago
It's a variant of "use a 747" for a 380 story which happens all the time. Meh.. any plane will do.. (grabs stock shot of the red baron's triplane)
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I raise you U.S. senator and house rep using photos of foreign rivals’ ships to wish U.S. Navy a happy birthday: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-13/us-navy-birth...
I mean, unfortunate, but Thailand is not a US _rival_.
The Thai ship is made by a rival, and the article also mentions an earlier instance of a Russian ship.
I remember an old illustration in a French newspaper, to explain how a military B747 mounted missile interception system would work. For the B747 they reused the last clipart they had around which if you looked closely was a TWA B747. An unfortunate choice as that was shortly after the TWA Flight 800 crash, which was long rumoured to have been shot down by a rogue missile.
My favourite was a story about Space Shuttle orbiter re-entry that was illustrated with a brick.
It's affectionately referred to as a flying brick by Shuttle pilots & commanders.
I love confusing paragliding and parasailing. Cessna and a Piper, ahh the chuckles.