Thought you guys would appreciate this....

What you're looking at is the original, hand-drawn blue-prints of the cockpit of the F/A-18 Hornet. My uncle was part of the team that made the very first Hornet in 1978 (Which these blueprints are dated) at McDonnel-Douglas. The Test Pilot actually wouldn't take the plane off the runway until my uncle came out and checked all the systems.

He's now working on the Harrier jet, and, I'm not able to say too much, (he wasn't able to tell me too much even) but he's working on the hardware for a new targeting system.

Holy crap, Dude. Are you just trying to get more votes in the favorite mod thread?

HAHAHAHA Crowbar....I think hes just being nice. This is actually a really cool pic. Thanks for sharing. My friend Nnamkied will be really interested in this.

Thanks for the picture! My grandfather drew the blueprints for the Vulcan Cannon. I'll ask him if I can get a picture when I head out to the other side of the country this summer

Nice!

My mother worked as a computer technician for Northrop Grumman during the B-2 stealth bomber project.

Thats some cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
I don\'t have anything like that...haha.

Wow....you guys all got some pretty cool relatives. All ive got is a great uncle that worked with Bill Gates personally before he retired. And my grandpa is currently the county commisioner for Big Stone County Minnesota.....

My grand dad was a Colonel in the airforce, my uncle is a marine, and my other grand dad was a paratrooper in WW2.

Pretty sweet, M14! Thanks for sharing!

My grandad was in UDT #9, a.k.a. some of the original Navy SEALs!

OH NICE!!
As far as I know... none of my relatives did any of that.

My uncle was in the Air Force and is now an airline pilot...

my uncles an Army sniper in Afganastan right now hasn\'t been home in 8 years(really f-ed up story) my grate uncle was a Liutendant in nam my other great uncle who passed in 08 was part of the 101 airborne. Both of my great grand dads served in ww2 and one of my great great gandpas severed in WW1.


But I love the blue prints. Very cool your allowed to share with us to.

Lone since you brought it up, may you tell the story?

And m14, Im not too much the techy type, but that looks extremely complicated! Can you believe what humans can create?

Warsawwarrior9 wrote:

Lone since you brought it up, may you tell the story?

And m14, Im not too much the techy type, but that looks extremely complicated! Can you believe what humans can create?

So so true, I find myself thinking that quite often. If only we spent more time actually thinking and less time bickering...think where we'd be.
And all very cool stuff L.S. wel, except for not being home for eight years...
What some people don't realize is, that's much longer than most any Vet from WW2 spent away from home; unless he was a POW/MIA of course.

M14 double-taps wrote:

If only we spent more time actually thinking and less time bickering...think where we'd be.

YOU'RE WRONG YOU MEATHEAD!

@lonesniper
eight years? Jesus man...