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I always thought he was an A. But he could be a C.
Absolutely beautiful planes up close. Amazing afterburners... I've got a picture of my head in one from when I got to see an F-15 in person on one of the US aircraft carriers (Constellation I think) back in the day. Pilot was absolutely chuffed I was so enamoured with his plane.
F-15 was one of my favourite models to make when I was a kid (yes - I'm a girl who loved making aircraft models too) behind the F-14's.
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you sure it was an F15? they are not commonly seen on carriers. ditto re F14/F15... the new jet fighters just don't do it for me like the older ones...Originally Posted by Bladestorm
I always thought he was an A. But he could be a C.
Absolutely beautiful planes up close. Amazing afterburners... I've got a picture of my head in one from when I got to see an F-15 in person on one of the US aircraft carriers (Constellation I think) back in the day. Pilot was absolutely chuffed I was so enamoured with his plane.
F-15 was one of my favourite models to make when I was a kid (yes - I'm a girl who loved making aircraft models too) behind the F-14's.
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Far as i know the only ones on carriers were the navy f14 tomcats and the navy didnt operate the f15 eagles but from what i read there was a f15n seaeagle designation for a carrier version
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Nothing wrong with that, the first model airplane I made was with help from my mum because I was way too young, but it was her model from when she was a kid that she'd never put together.
yep, the wiki talks about the F-15N as a carrier variant, larger wings, folding wing tips, stronger landing gear and a stronger tail hook.
the JSF has similar differences between the F-35A and the F-35C.
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It was definitely an F-15 I saw. Unfortunately the pics are in storage in Sydney or I'd pull them out to prove it.
I didn't think or care what the plane was doing there (at the time I was so hyped up not only being ON a carrier but seeing my 2 fave planes up close and touching them (I was fangirling over the F-14 something TERRIBLE!) I didn't care about much else). The F-15's rear engine nozzles were distinctly different from the other planes around it which is why I had to stick my head into them for a good look - that much I do remember... but it was MANY years ago.
Starscream was no fool when he chose his alt mode. I miss those "old" jets.
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Nine basic models, and one is indeed Carrier capable - the F-15N that Bladestorm referred to and UltraMarginal noted... but it says "proposed" so not sure if that means none were ever built.
For further reading - how they assign numbers and letters to the aircraft types, and, all the different US military aircraft designations.
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I have a sort of headcanon in that each Seeker (or group/squadron etc) has a different purpose in battle - air to air dogfight, air to surface, air to air larger target etc, so having each Seeker/group being a slightly different revision of the F15 in my own headcanon puts me in a happy place.
Of course none of this is relevant to the conversation above...
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I'm tempted to go with the F-15C or F-15J, since they were the versions in production when the first Diaclone toys were released.
However, not all of the vehicles were the latest vehicles available at the time: Jazz's Porsche 935 is from 1976 and Wheeljack's Lancia Stratos is from 1977, to give two examples, so Starscream could easily be an F-15A.
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I like that head canon.
Movie verse, I've always thought it would be neat if the original 3 were F-22's like Starscream is and the conheads were F-35's. unfortunately that's probably not going to eventuate any time soon.
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