[–] 6R1M0R4CL3 2y ago ↗ The current F16 are not 50. They have been modernized along the years. The F16 is a multi-role fighter, and an amazing plane in the league with the A-10 Thunderbolt "Tank Killer".Fighting Eagle fears no one [–] 082349872349872 2y ago ↗ Still, imagine how multi-role a "modernised" Sopwith Camel could have been in 1967. (compare F4Es and MiG-23s)(Speaking of A-10s, how many 30mm rounds does it take to equal the wine bottle in https://xkcd.com/2883/? Anti-armour Abruzzo?)A.(rot13) n yvggyr haqre gjb zvahgr'f jbegu [–] 082349872349872 2y ago ↗ Another 50-year gap:1934: IBM 405, 150 cards/minute, rented by businesses at $1000/mo (USD 23K/mo in 2024)http://www.righto.com/2017/11/identifying-early-ibm-computer...1984: Apple Macintosh, 6 MHz, bought by individuals at $2500 (USD 7,4K in 2024)https://support.apple.com/kb/sp186(and for that matter, 50 years in aerospace is the difference between https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/210706 and https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/... )
[–] 082349872349872 2y ago ↗ Still, imagine how multi-role a "modernised" Sopwith Camel could have been in 1967. (compare F4Es and MiG-23s)(Speaking of A-10s, how many 30mm rounds does it take to equal the wine bottle in https://xkcd.com/2883/? Anti-armour Abruzzo?)A.(rot13) n yvggyr haqre gjb zvahgr'f jbegu [–] 082349872349872 2y ago ↗ Another 50-year gap:1934: IBM 405, 150 cards/minute, rented by businesses at $1000/mo (USD 23K/mo in 2024)http://www.righto.com/2017/11/identifying-early-ibm-computer...1984: Apple Macintosh, 6 MHz, bought by individuals at $2500 (USD 7,4K in 2024)https://support.apple.com/kb/sp186(and for that matter, 50 years in aerospace is the difference between https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/210706 and https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/... )
[–] 082349872349872 2y ago ↗ Another 50-year gap:1934: IBM 405, 150 cards/minute, rented by businesses at $1000/mo (USD 23K/mo in 2024)http://www.righto.com/2017/11/identifying-early-ibm-computer...1984: Apple Macintosh, 6 MHz, bought by individuals at $2500 (USD 7,4K in 2024)https://support.apple.com/kb/sp186(and for that matter, 50 years in aerospace is the difference between https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/210706 and https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/... )
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 28.5 ms ] threadFighting Eagle fears no one
(Speaking of A-10s, how many 30mm rounds does it take to equal the wine bottle in https://xkcd.com/2883/? Anti-armour Abruzzo?)
A.(rot13) n yvggyr haqre gjb zvahgr'f jbegu
1934: IBM 405, 150 cards/minute, rented by businesses at $1000/mo (USD 23K/mo in 2024)
http://www.righto.com/2017/11/identifying-early-ibm-computer...
1984: Apple Macintosh, 6 MHz, bought by individuals at $2500 (USD 7,4K in 2024)
https://support.apple.com/kb/sp186
(and for that matter, 50 years in aerospace is the difference between https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/210706 and https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/... )