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Forget fast cars and luxury yachts, these are the must have toys for any budding tycoon today, ex-military fighter jets. These warbirds were once in active military service, battling it out in dogfights. Now they are the play things of the fabulously wealthy, men who only have the best of everything. This pastime is only for the seriously rich, not your average weekend hobby. One wrong move and these machines kill even the best pilots in the world. The perfect adrenalin rush for the seriously rich alpha male, and a chance to prove they are top guns!
Jet airplanes revolutionised warfare, they first came in to service at the end of World War II, and over the next 50 years evolved into the most lethal killing machines. Air superiority fighters like the F-15 and the MiG ruled the skies, while planes such the F-16 or A-10 still strike fear into their adversaries. Once these extraordinary warplanes were flown by trained military pilots on deadly missions, but now they have become the toys for some of world’s high flyers.
Some of the aircraft featured in this documentary :
Aero L-39 Albatros
Supersonic English Electric Lightning
Bell AH-1 HueyCobra Attack Helicopter
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Blackburn Buccaneer Nuclear Bomber
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
