Another issue touched on here is the viewer's perception of what they think the model should look like to look real.

Take jet airliners and large bombers for example. Our usuall mental image of these things are of lumbering beasts dragging their way down final to a landing.

When in reality these planes spent most of their time at over 350 MPH. Now if you fly one at a contest honking around the patch at what are in essence fighter plane speeds virtually eveyone will disreguard you and your plane as if you don't know what you're doing.

I saw a BUFF blow down Tinkers' runway at 350kts once and pull up. IT was VERY impresive. It is hard to remember that things that big really do go that fast.

You guys do know that above 45,000 feet a B-52 can stay on the tail of an F-15 all day long, so long as the Eagle doesn't roll?