Spectacular! Back when the Marines had 'real' muscle!

-Dazza

One option for spin recovery for the F-4 was brake chute deployment, nothing new under the sun...

-Dazza

Snoop 95 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:14 pm

I imagine that a busy civil airport would do anything to deny landing to a military aircraft even if it was on a Mayday...

There is often some breathtakingly stupid comments written on this forum but, bravo, this one takes it to whole new level!
I am (almost) lost for words...

-Dazza

Supra wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2019 9:25 am

Is the RAF that desperate that they are willing to accept any old bodge-up? Why does the UK seem to buy 'cheap' but ultimately pay more for their procurements?

-Dazza

Kurnass wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:29 am

And ze Zjermans have Migs...

Really? Since when, and what type?

-Dazza

Who, or what, is the 'R af', and also, the 'raf'?

-Dazza

I'm pretty sure the F35 is a classed as a fighter. JSF? JSF was/is just a catch-all name for the overall project and the roles the F-35 will undertake, however, it's primary role is NOT that of a fighter, don't let the 'F' prefix in 'F-35' fool you into thinking that it is, think F-105, F-111, F-11...

the concerned wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:16 pm

Just wondering which would lock on first the f-22 or f-35

The F-22, that's what it's designed to do and it's primary mission, the F-35 is NOT a fighter...

-Dazza

What a bunch of miserable sods! 'Waste of fuel, blah blah blah...', 'Vermin, blah blah blah...', 'What about crew hours, blah blah blah...' It's a good news story for the Royal Navy that the public most likely will lap up, which equals good PR for the RN. Fuel won't have been wasted, neither will cr...

f-4 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:41 pm

Cottesmore had a period on care & maintenance in the late 1970s before TTTE moved in - I'm hoping for a repeat some day soon for some Red aeroplanes...

Cottesmore is still active, only it's now called, Kendrew Barracks, and the Army are the current tenants...

-Dazza

Regarding the shoot down of Jaguar XX963 by Phantom XV422, as well as the Master Arm switch being taped over, which it wasn't, there was also a circuit breaker in the rear cockpit related to the missile firing circuit which was supposed to have been pulled but, it was thought it was possibly faulty ...

I have read them (in my office seat, not an armchair) The fact is, if you stand still you get left behind, and there is nothing comparable available. What do you say we should buy instead? I'm not really sure why you think what type of chair and it's location is relevant to where you read the DOT&E...

Grossly over budget? No... the cost of an F35B is equivalent to the cost of a 737 Max 200, and the third the price of a 777-300ER... Underperforming? No... If you seriously believe any of what you wrote above, you must be living on a different planet to the rest of us! And there's that staggeringly...

Dazza , any info otherwise. I always thought hanging stuff on the outside of a stealth platform would negate any advantage. Correct me if I am wrong with any info you may have. Yes, Scott, hanging external stores/fuel tanks on a LO aircraft increases it's radar signature, It's also pretty obvious t...

bang goes stealth if you hang a gun pod onto it !!!

I wondered how long it would be before someone mentioned this old chestnut...

-Dazza

I wish people would stop saying that Tempest is just Replica renamed etc, it isn't, it looks nothing like Replica! Replica was a LO research tool and Tempest is a mock up of a proposed future aircraft, the two are linked only by the fact that they are both LO designs from the same company...

-Dazza

So you didn't bother reading the thread already running on this subject then?

-Dazza

Trevster wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:32 pm

https://youtu.be/BK8eq92bF8A

IX announcement around 9:08, 31 at 11:32

Thanks.

-Dazza

Do you have a link to these announcements?

-Dazza

It’s not really a fast jet thing to perform de-rated take-offs to preserve engine life. I’m not totally familiar with the Typhoon but each take off (unless it was a formation t/o when the leader would not use full power) was at full power in every military type I’ve flown so I can’t see that it wou...