Man, that's a really great rendition, too!

Well, she got a photo of it, not all's lost

Truth, so at least there's that.

The F-16 is actually called "the Fighting Falcon" because it's based off the design of a Peregrine...

How long did it take to draw?

half an hour?

Well it came out looking great. :]

Very nice!

The Falcon, despite it's age, is still one of the best dogfighters in the air today and don't let anyone tell you different. Despite all of its bells and whistles, the F-22 Raptor is one of the most horrid buckets of bolts around. 90% of its performance data was gathered from simulations and don't forget the issue with the plane wanting to randomly turn off the pilot's oxygen supply. That last one tends to be a problem. There's also the horrendous price tag on the bloody thing. Had they spent just a quarter the cost on upgrading the F-15s, the F-22 would have been pointless.

Regardless of my little rant there, that's some great artwork! Its too bad that it got erased, but it will surely be replaced by even better works.

It wasn't that the F-16XL never 'caught on', it simply couldn't compete with the F-15E Strike Eagle. While the F-16XL had considerably improved capabilities over the standard F-16, it also had significant structural differences that would have meant equally significant increases to cost and production time whereas the F-15E was simply a slight modification of the F-15D. Not only that, but the Strike Eagle boasted more power, speed, and armaments over the F-16XL along with a two-engine design over the F-16XL's single-engine design, giving it redundancy in the case of engine damage.

Not only that, but the structural design of the F-15 itself boasts an amazing capability to withstand damage and continue flying. The best-known example of this was back in 1983 when an Israeli Air Force pilot flying a F-15D was involved in a mid-air collision. The plane had the entire right wing ripped off from the fuselage, but the pilot managed to go to full afterburners to regain control and flew over 10 miles back to base and safely landed. After a huge investigation by McDonnell Douglas, they concluded that due to the inherent lift created by the design of the engine intakes and fuselage, the F-15 could theoretically (sort of)fly without ANY wings, so long as it remained at a high speed.

If you want a full history lesson on that, just search for "Israeli F-15 lands without wing", really interesting.

*edited for self-inflicted grammer-Nazi

I can answer that question for you; he didn't really slow down to land. He dropped his tail hook and hit the cable at a little over 260 knots (more than DOUBLE the speed for doing so), ripped the tail hook off the plane, and managed to roll to a stop not too far from the crash barrier down the runway. Keeping the engines at full afterburner was the only way the pilot could keep the plane out of a tight spin.

For some good info, here's this (video included): https://theaviationist.com/2014/09/.....with-one-wing/

There's a reason pilots call the F-16 the Viper.

That was started in the late 70's as the plane seemed to resemble the fighter craft from the Battlestar Galactica series during that time. The only actual F-16 to carry that name is the F-16 V of which interestingly enough the US did not purchase any of.

My favorite

Like a sand mandala without the sand and of an airplane …

Exactly!

Except that in Corporate Offices, most whiteboards tend to be write-once-erase-never.

I could never see you drawing anything like this. but dang I'm impress

This was a book I had as a kid:

https://books.google.com/books/abou.....d=EOveKzsp2UwC

Me and my classmates spent our free time trying to emulate the drawings in it. With shitty results.

Cool!

Came back to this art to say this: I've picked up Aerospace CNC training from a local vocational school.

Only regret, is that I shoulda done it earlier instead of college. I'll churn out parts for these jets and spaceships soon enough.

Nice!

...Maybe someone in the class doesn't like jets? (My brother and I have been playing "Daily Doodle" on the mini whiteboard in the Pantryway recently. I should take some snaps of those.)

Very nicely done!

This is something I never would expect out of you Meg. Out of curiosity, why a F-16? You did very well BTW. You drew a F-16B to be exact.

F18 was too hard with the extra afterburner and tail fin.

I just never would have guessed for drawing a military aircraft.

Awesome

Go fast, fly well, and cut the sn0t out of a MiG.

heh heh

Back when I was an instructor in the Navy I had 3 huge 4x8 dry-erase boards. During periods when I didn't have a class to teach I would draw comics or mural scenes of Katmandu characters. It got to where I was able to get some very fine detail out of the markers.
The other instructors would occasionally peek in to see what I was drawing, then shake their heads when I would erase all my work before the next class.
I learned not to become attached to my art. It's how I was able to improve in such a short time.

Into the Wild whiteboard Yonder.

not erased! Did they use a Mk V Mod d see it hit it heat seeking eraser?

V.

Airplanes and the very important principle of perspective. It seems airplanes are one of those things that flummox even experienced artists. Obviously, they don't flummox you.

We had to eyeball this thing since the kids do not know perspective and I only had 45 minutes

Even better. I imagine it probably would have looked worse if you'd had all the time in the world. As it is, it looks very dynamic and alive for a static image. Placing that one bit of glare over the afterburner was a good choice/accident.

Since August.

Art.

ooh nice, you drew a really good fighter jet

Ephemeral art is great.

Crunch all you want, we'll make more...

I miss being able to doodle planes that well.

Man, that's awesome.

Yoo nice! One of my fave planes!

That's really cool! The perspective on that is definitely on point. That's one of your strong suit.