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As for fighter pilots, I've known a lot of them. Most of them love their aircraft in the same way we love our bikes, only more so. Pushing the limits of performance is something they do WITH their machines, not TO them.
Thanks for sticking up for pilots Larry. I on the other hand was a Navy SH-2F Seasprite helicopter driver (you're probably the only person on this forum who knows what that is). We deployed in single aircraft detachments on small ships and got to know the mechanics on a first name basis. This aircraft also had the highest maintainence man-hour/flight hour ratio of any other aircraft in the Navy's inventory. If I didn't treat it nice I'd have the Senior Chief's wrath to face! Not to mention my own a$$ strapped to it. This is a cool cartoon and quote from the '70's: (sorry so off-topic, but kinda relevant?)
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'05 America, 904, K&N pods, British Customs Bomber Exhaust
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