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Old 03-14-2019, 07:04 AM
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Not the Tomcat, Sparky. This movie was a whole lot worse than Top Gun, except for having a variety of interesting (and colorful) airplanes. Here's a bonus clue:

1. Its name came from its supposed resemblance to what it was named for. You need some imagination to see this.

2. Served for nearly 20 years, during which time the one country that used it fought in two wars, but this airplane never took any active part in either of them.

3. Two of them did once try to shoot down another aircraft (for real: not an exercise). The attempt failed, although it did a lot of damage.

4. Two engines. Early versions had a lot of engine problems, as well as other mechanical difficulties.

5. Crew of two.

6. A prototype appears briefly in a motion picture which has many good color shots of interesting airplanes. If memory serves, there are no shots of it flying in that movie, but I may be wrong about this. The movie's airplane scenes make up for its imbecilic plot, terrible acting, and use of a couple of well-known airplanes to represent airplanes from a country that never flew them.

7. Shortly after that movie was filmed, and before it was released, the prototype crashed and its pilot was killed.