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Clearly these are the ''flappy planes'' from https://www.xkcd.com/1322/
 
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Birdwatchers have a technique for identifying birds by silhouette called Giss (pronounced Jizz) it stands for General Impression, size, and shape
 
Birdwatchers have a technique for identifying birds by silhouette called Giss (pronounced Jizz) it stands for General Impression, size, and shape
 
During WWI-II peacetime birdwatchers used the same technique to spot and call or planes. Think it could be a reference to that?  
 
During WWI-II peacetime birdwatchers used the same technique to spot and call or planes. Think it could be a reference to that?  
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[F-16]: "A smaller, more versatile fighter jet." Just smaller.
 
[F-16]: "A smaller, more versatile fighter jet." Just smaller.
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: Falcons are most definitely more versatile if you include everything it can do in Iron Eagle (irony noted). Although the Air Force would not allow for American F-16s to be used in the movie, for obvious reasons - mainly proliferating the idea that the Air Force is so inept that a reservist Lieutenant Colonel and a high school senior can commandeer two fully loaded F-16s, fly them halfway around the world (from what looks like California to a generic Middle Eastern country), engage in an act of war by firing at another country's planes, rescue said high schooler's father, and make it back. And then the kid still somehow is able to avoid any time at Leavenworth and actually makes it into the Air Force Academy.
 
  
 
Could this comic be a continuation of where Randall believes we are heading?  The direction of our country, and the world?  It seems a warning.
 
Could this comic be a continuation of where Randall believes we are heading?  The direction of our country, and the world?  It seems a warning.
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Actually, that was comparing actual birds with a plane thrown in for humour. This is different. [[User:Dontknow|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow|talk]]) 23:44, 17 April 2017 (UTC)  
 
Actually, that was comparing actual birds with a plane thrown in for humour. This is different. [[User:Dontknow|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow|talk]]) 23:44, 17 April 2017 (UTC)  
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The F/A-18 is most likely an A/B/C/D variant as opposed to the E/F Super Hornet, based on the smaller LERX (leading-edge root extensions), whereas the Super Hornets have very large LERX.
 
  
 
== Real images of birds (and an insect) and aircrafts ==
 
== Real images of birds (and an insect) and aircrafts ==

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