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Aircraft that make your jaw drop!

^^^^ The F-21 Kifir, AKA the flying speedbrake! Pretty fast when straight and level, instantly bleeds energy the second g is put on.
 
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felt the need to try to find out more about this particular aircraft today, for some reason:

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“A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F Panther assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 cruises past Mount Fuji on a port call in Japan during the Korean War. National Archives and Records Administration—The Navy Gets a Panther, Smithsonian Magazine, 05/19/2013”

tl/dr: ‘nother fun article—Panthers at Sea
 
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felt the need to try to find out more about this particular aircraft today, for some reason:

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“A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F Panther assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 cruises past Mount Fuji on a port call in Japan during the Korean War. National Archives and Records Administration—The Navy Gets a Panther, Smithsonian Magazine, 05/19/2013”

tl/dr: ‘nother fun article—Panthers at Sea
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John Glenn and Ted Williams flew F9Fs together in Korea.
 
I can't up-vote the NASA RB-57 enough.
 
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