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I’ve seen the French delta bird up close and what a plane!
Just think of the names it brought forth – Cheetah, Pantera, Kfir, Nesher…
All are delta darts whose claws are thirty millimetre guns
and whose teeth are heat-seeking missiles.
Blooded in combat over the Sinai and the Malvinas in the name of war.
Pilots became both victors and vanquished flying...
Sunday 3rd February 2013 3:08 pm
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