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Unread 08-16-2010, 06:36 PM
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Default F-105 Thunderchief Site

Known as the Thud in Vietnam and not used as a fighter, here's the link:

http://www.burrusspta.org/thud.html

Bonus viewing:

http://www.vectorsite.net/avf105.html

"The F-105's highly loaded wings did give it an unbeatable fast ride at low altitude, but they didn't give the Thud much in way of maneuverability, the thing being generally regarded as about as agile as a brick."
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I think there is one of these on display at Ellsworth Air Force Base in S.D. - pretty sure I saw it when I toured the museum there this summer.
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I have one in my living room:



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