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The AIM-91 surface-to-air missile is a Japanese man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). Its appearance is similar to the US-made FIM-92 Stinger.
Guidance system: Infrared homing
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Unit cost: $ 145,000 (As of 2006)
Produced: 1991–1993 (Original); 2007–Present ...

[up148]

Sometimes what we learn on this forum is amazing....sometimes scary....and sometimes both.

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[sleepmac]

UP, you sure have some great humor!

Dan Weinhold

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Thanks Dan, but I must confess. I steal them off the corvette forum thread of "Friday Funnies", at least the one's that are good.

[sleepmac]

I figured yiy had ti get them from somewhere!

Dan Weinhold

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Sign of our time....

[healey36]

[Mitch]

Great tee shirt. Westinghouse originally won with Tesla, but Edison's General Electric eventually became the big boss, (thanks to J.P.Morgan). Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy in '17, and I don't know if Toshiba went down the tubes with them as they were the parent company. CBS came to the rescue with big bucks for the bailout. Westinghouse still produces nuke plants, but their appliance business and others are long gone.

[ScaleCraft]

This TF-9J, BuNo #142979 from Chase Field, the Texas based VT-25 “Cougars”, missed all arresting wires while trying to land aboard USS Lexington (CVS-16), 24 May 1966. The pilot was rescued, unhurt, but the aircraft lost.

“I was instructing in VT-25 when the F9 incident took place. My best recollection of the accident: The student pilot did catch a wire but had a severe right to left approach. After going over the side he was still at full power. The LSO finally radioed the pilot to shut down. After shutting down the student jumped into the water. I don’t know how he was picked up. There was no equipment on the ship able to pull the plane back aboard so the arresting gear cable was cut and the plane was lost. The student went out the next day and finished his carrier qualification.” –Lt. Cdr Tom Larson, VFP-62 pilot

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