• Nose Art: Carpe Diem

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    CARPE DIEM

    On August 21, 1979, VGL pilot Hugh Frazier MacDonald barrel-rolled his UFT while dodging fire from BattleMechs, and the resulting distention of shape lead to a momentary change in the pod configuration, which in turn camouflaged the vehicle. On his return, VGL scientists analyzed the phenomenon and developed the concept of “morphing.” MacDonald, a classics major at the University of Edinburgh prior to his joining the Royal Air Force, changed the name of his pod from SINGLE MALT to CARPE DIEM to honor his serendipitous discovery.

    CARPE DIEM I: Type: System 1.8
    Commissioned: June, 1978
    Sixteen missions, 1978-79
    Reconfigured 1979 to System 1.8X-2
    Twelve missions, 1979-1980
    Decommissioned: September 1980
    CARPE DIEM II: Type: System 1.9
    Commissioned: September, 1980
    Fifty-one missions, 1980-1986
    Decommissioned: June, 1986
    CARPE DIEM III: Type: System 2.0
    Commissioned: October, 1987
    Three missions, 1987
    Destroyed in gantry fire, November, 1987
    CARPE DIEM VI: Type: System 3.0
    Commissioned: October, 1994

     

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