id figure out how i can build a motor bike around one of the jets
How cool would it be to hook the joystick up to your PC? And a panel of switches or three.
They, uh…. Sell those control sticks for thst exact purpose.
Yeah but, this one is free, and authentic
well, those are authentic too… maybe not free.
you’d be surprised what turns up at swap meets.
You just can’t let a guy have a dream, can you?
Depends on the dream. The ejection seats are harder to come by, btw.
Assuming no consequences, I’d love to open various panels and try and figure out what does what. It’d be really cool to see inside one of those.
Aaaaand this is how you get suspected of being a Chinese spy.
I said no consequences…
Is it wrecked or perfect?
If perfect: I’d totally try flying it. Probably crash, but it would be worth it to see how good all those flight sims where I’ve flown an F-35 stand up to reality.
Is it wrecked or perfect?
The pilot ejected…so the first one.
Scrapping it for parts. Though I’m not sure how to get in contact with black markets that would want the weapons. 🤔
The hard part isn’t getting in contact with them.
It’s doing so without also being tried and executed for treason
Grab any modular electronics, charter a boat to the Bahamas, divert to Cuba after stashing them on a deserted island along the way. Use a thumb drive of pictures to bargain for the gps coordinates to China.
Unless I thought of something better along the way.
Couldnt china get the same hardware from Afghanistan?
No. This is the first F35 to crash.
China has probably gotten more from their various intel ops in the US supply chain. There isn’t a lot they could get in the field without risking serious repercussions.
Two chicks at the same time
Thats it? If you had a fighter jet, you’d do two chicks at the same time?
Chicks love fighter jets
Well, not all chicks love fighter jets
If you don’t like fighter jets then you ain’t a chick
Well, the type of chicks that would double up on a dude like me do
And it’s really hard to have sex in a fighter jet. It’s not exactly a roomy interior.
For having sex, the best experience is a minivan.
Well then trade it in for a minivan, duh.
You can’t pickup chicks in a fighter jet
T. Least sane lemmy user
Maybe you can’t
Oh, you know what? You could bitch about anything couldn’t you? We’re going to get a fighter jet, and you’re worried about chicks. What chicks are we gonna pick up, man? And secondly, how are you gonna pick up chicks in a car that looks like that?
Let’s ask that General who just stopped by to pickup the flag what he thinks.
Tom Cruise begs to differ
Not with that attitude
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Just a reminder, the last guy to fly it took the seat with him.
question why in the hell I am in South Carolina?
Same, I live nowhere near the place
You were visiting south of the border.
Great BBQ. Those rednecks do NOT fuck around with a pork shoulder. Charleston has really great food. Also, the hunley museum is pretty cool.
Otherwise, it’s great if you also happen to be into book burning, or if you’re a completionist collecting STDs.
That is a very good question. Next question please.
Fill out with dirt and plant flowers inside … and put a statue of the Virgin Mary in the cockpit
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Call the number on one of the “Plane missing! Have you seen me? ✈️ ✈️ ✈️” posters the Air Force put up all over the neighborhood.
Its on the light poles with the lost cat.
turns up with weirdly f35 fighter jet shaped stomach. No, officer! I have never seen any jet, none at all! Nope, not a single tasty fighter jet around here! hic
Don’t let the officer hear you call him a hick. He’ll shoot you.
Was looking for a sound, oops.
Claim 10% finders fee and retire.
Hotbox the cockpit. And this would only be the 2nd time I hotboxed the cockpit of a fighterjet.
Story time! Details please!
It means they snuck in and farted the cockpit green right before the pilot came to fly it.
No, I smoked a joint in it :)
It had no engine, see the other comment.
I was just trying to confuse everyone for a few minutes before you had time to answer. 😇
Ha, I thought nobody would ask. It probably will be quite a disapointing story though, sorry.
Anyway, I was on holiday in Slovakia and basically, they just have old sovjet jets sitting around. We visited a very small “airport” (the runway was grass) used for skydiving. And they just had a MiG-21 sitting behind the building. No fence or anything. One of the Skydiving company staff said I can sit in it, if I want. So I did. He didn’t come with me or anything. It was also out if sight from anyone on the airfield.
Apperently this isn’t unusual at all and these planes are just sitting around in random fields as “decoration”.
Here’s a googlemaps link. I sat in that one!
So did you smoke weed in it, or not?
I did sit in the cockpit smoking a joint with the canopea almost closed. For a minute.
Ok, that’s what hotbox means! Even better than farting, now it’s an awesome story man!
I believe farting would make it a dutch oven.
Looks like you’re not the only one with this idea.
You’ve just given me a goal, except the only place I know with airplanes laying around is a museum. I’d feel bad hotboxing a plane in a museum.
I’d feel bad hotboxing a plane in a museum.
Yeah, don’t do that. To be honest, I didn’t even close the canopea fully, I worried about not getting out. I sat on the wing for most of the lenght of the joint.
But It sounded much cooler this way.
I could call up my acquaintance with a cessna, but he doesn’t know I smoke. He’s a little too, uh, mormon for that conversation.
a cessna
That’s not a fighter jet.
Just visit eastern Europe.
There was another plane, I think a MiG-15, that was literally just sitting in the middle of nowhere next to a hayball. We were just driving past it. I tried to find it on google maps, but it was many years ago and I just can’t remember the route … or any waypoint.
I know. It’s close enough. If you’re not flying, a cockpit’s a cockpit.
That’s indeed disappointing, I thought “hotbox a cockpit” meant to fart inside! Anyway, still a nice story.
I think that’s also a valid meaning, just depends on the context. It’s an ok story :)
I would fly into the dangerzone.
dramatically intense 80s electric guitar solo
Sit in the cockpit and make plane, missile, and machine gun noises since I don’t even know how to turn one on let alone fly it.
Pretty sure this one comes without a seat, and the aftermarket prices are ridiculius!
