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What was flying the buttresses

This is a discussion on What was flying the buttresses within the Architecture & Man Made (cities, buildings, roads, objects & abstracts) forums, part of the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) category; F-104A Starfighter, aka the missile with the man in it. This was from Merle Main's collection. As you can see ...

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    F-104A Starfighter, aka the missile with the man in it. This was from Merle Main's collection. As you can see in the one photo, we had a bit more in the way of media presence this time.

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    It's Mike's favorite jet. Can you tell? First thing it got after the news people were done was a bath. The guards Mike is putting on the wing are necessary. The leading edge is very thin, and you can actually cut yourself on them.

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    Interlude. Because it's just not a proper session at the museum without a couple of weeds or stray bugs or something like that.
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    OK, back to the main event. More bathing.
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    An "artsy" shot
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    The leading edge of the wing. No, you're not seeing a wedge there. That thin line is the edge.
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    And a couple more detail shots, just because I thought they were neat.

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    Those are really cool jets, nothing else like them. Never realized how big the engine was!

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