[OC] F-35 Lightning II and P-51 Mustang flying in formation together

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I knew modern jets are huge, but I would've never thought it was this huge compared to a P-51
- Most WWII fighters were basically large engines with the smallest possible airframe fit around them. The only armaments typically carried were guns, so they were light, fast and nimble.
- Human for scale.
I prefer this one with the two Lightnings together.
Two excellent airframes of their respective eras!
- Crazy to think that there's less than a century between them. Imagine where we'll be another 80 years from now.
  
  Crazy to also think about the cost difference between them. Adjusted for inflation the mustang was about $1 million ($50,000). About $80 million for the F-35.
Hey @ken27238@lemmy.ml, would you please consider cross-posting some of your military aircraft photos to !warplaneporn@lemmy.world? Would love to have more people participating in the community.
Im surprised that the F-35 is able to maintain lift at that airspeed. I'd imagine that they're not very stable at low speed to increase maneuverability.
- I'd imagine the cockpit is lit up like a Christmas tree with speed, AoA and stall warnings.
Is this the new version of the "how it started - how it's going" meme?
- How it started would be a WWI biplane like the Nieuport 28 or Sopwith Camel, but I don’t think the F-35 can fly slow enough to fly with one of those, unless it’s the Marines’ VTOL variant.

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