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Converting Trashed Jets Into Exploding Drones (fastcompany.com)
4 points by brk on Jan 4, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


This makes me sad for some reason. The turbine engine in an F-16 or F-4 is a beautiful piece of machinery. Design and functionality merged entirely really.

And they just blow them up. Although they likely use high-hour engines (as I know a lot of jet engine cores get sold to use as power generators), it still makes me sad. Like retiring an old iPhone.


Here is another article about F-4s as target drones. Much more in depth.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Where-Have-All-...




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