It was not intended as a flame bait or simple trolling as you say. It was an aside at the end of a serious comment, an observation meant in jest in what is a British forum. And actually I think it is valid to know what Kirchner’s supporters in La Campora (who I do think are nutters) will say about it.

I dislike being called a troll, you could of PM’d me and I might of considered taking it down. Instead you childishly threw your toys out of the pram in an open thread. In effect you have derailed it due to your rather short comedy fuse. I am sick and tired of people going off the deep end in this forum every time somebody says something they don’t quite like. I was not flame baiting and I resent the accusation.

So indeed lets keep it on topic.

I doubt they could afford the FA-50 that is the problem, the Argentine Government is not releasing that kind of funding. Looking at a recent press release the Argentine government ordered the FAA to get a quote for the Spanish F-1M. F-1M procurement is the minimal cost solution to avoid the embarrassment of the Mirage-III leaving service without replacement. According to reports about the Argentine Mirage-III currently in service their availability is virtually non existent and significant systems like the radars don’t work. In recent years it has been the Fightinghawk providing any kind of QRA with the Mirage-III effectively out of service in all sense but paper!

It will be interesting to see how Kirchner’s La Campora nutter supporters spin the story, what is the betting we shall get some amateurish CGI footage of F-1M shooting down Typhoon…

Nearly ready for the trip to Rosyth:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/qeclasscarriers/8968544935/lightbox/

Another thing to note with the F-1M is whilst the airframes have a limited amount of hours left they can be conceivably SLEP’d. The Argentine M-III are just too old to even go through another SLEP. As Tempest414 points out they have a moderate ground attack capability and can conduct an intercept, to maintain they are not a significant jump technology wise beyond what they already operate so represent a simpler prospect to induct. Also presumably the Indra full flight simulator owned by the Spanish would be up for grabs as well! A full flight Simulator would help keep hours off the airframes. Finally with the French examples retiring there should be plenty of spares available via reclamation.

It is a serious risk, the only way around I would presume is to complete the sale after they have arrived in Argentina.

Lots of waffle! Not a single mention of Typhoon! Do you have anything to say about the Typhoon program? Look when solid Franco-files like Blue-Wings are telling you to play nice you should be getting the message! Say something constructive about the subject of this thread “The Typhoon program” or go elsewhere!

Poster F-18Growler: You seem to be VERY confused here, first these people didn’t “tell us information”, they rewrote history without ANY form of reference, source or else, they got it horribly wrong, were first corrected by an active member of the French AdlA who’s knowledge on the subject is second to none, and had the courtesy to give them some historical details on the subject, then kept insisting into telling us fairytales.

Then i intervened and posted evidences supporting poster OPIT; coming from sources as diverse as Rolls-Royce, SMECMA (programme manager), Dassault-Aviation (programme manager), Flight International archives etc.

Matter closed, except for those who told the story wrongly in the first place an still will insist they were correct to do so while trying to imply those sources were not more informed than we are…

The joke goes as follow, “some wouldn’t recognize their driving license even if it was wrapped around a brick and hit them between the eyes”.

In short there are some of us here who knows a lot better on some subject, deal with it.

Poster Bluewings: Considering the amount of efforts yourself puts into informing people, wouldn’t you like to see some things change for the better and if yes, then why not say it?

All i am asking for is for people to show respect and honesty i don’t think it is too much asking.

That first picture is interesting EEL, Sidewinders on the outer stations. Presumably fairly old?