[Ads-l] Fighter Jet again
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jun 20 01:06:50 UTC 2022
How about the P-82 "Twin Mustang"?
JL
On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 4:36 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > An F-51 Mustang
>
> I remember when that was a P[ursuit]-51 Mustang.
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 7:09 AM Geoffrey Nathan <geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Clicked on a Youtube link featuring James Corden and
> > Tom Cruise whose title was
> >
> > 'Tom Cruise Terrifies James in 'Top Gun' Fighter Jet!'
> >
> > and it featured Corden being taken for a ride in...
> > wait for it...
> > An F-51 Mustang, https://bit.ly/3y4VG9O
> > The plane that shows up at the end of the recent Top Gun
> > movie. After 'Maverick' stops flying real fighter jets
> > As we have noted earlier, NOT a 'jet'.
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> >
> > Geoffrey S. Nathan
> > WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
> > Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
> > https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/an6993
> > geoffnathan at wayne.edu
> >
> >
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