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  • January 16, 2004 at 1:39 am in reply to: PIAs first B777 #726338
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    Wow. Thats a lot of green paint. 😀

    January 16, 2004 at 1:33 am in reply to: Back to the future as Bush maps out Mars, Moon trips #2666710
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    OK the rover thingy just showed what we know already: Bunch of dust. OK great. So we spend 600bil to send people on a trip? This would be administered by the same organization that operates the Shuttle. A craft which was sold to us as a quick turn craft yet is operated the same as if we did a 200 day depot refirb on a C-5 after each flight. The missions we did with the shuttle could have been done with a rocket ( remember the only way you save money with a shuttle is when you operated it as it was originally sold to us ( quick turn missions ) ) Not tens of thousands of manhours to refirb the bird between missions as it is now. As the shuttle is operated now, it is too expensive per flight. All this and we probably would not have killed as many people if we used rockets instead. Losing two birds ( and the lives lost ) per over 100 flights is not a good safety record.

    So this new venture will be managed by NASA. Sorry, I’ll pass. The money could best be spent here.

    January 16, 2004 at 1:18 am in reply to: Spirit of Mars Image Thread #2666720
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    Cool. Bunch of dust. No need to go there. 😎 😀

    January 15, 2004 at 10:04 am in reply to: Aim-9x video #2667324
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    As I have said before with this video. A two thumbs up for quality in a corporate music video. One of Arthurs favs 😀

    January 15, 2004 at 6:27 am in reply to: XAIM-47A launch video #2667425
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    The other hat trick from that era is making a high tech missile work as advertised. Good luck 😀

    January 13, 2004 at 2:36 am in reply to: Non-US Bronco's #2669073
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    Don’t do a Lego F-18E/F. It will take too many legos, be over your budget and be over weight.

    January 13, 2004 at 2:29 am in reply to: Passive engagement with IR-seeking AAM's #2669076
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    ??

    January 11, 2004 at 12:40 pm in reply to: General Discussion #416403
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    Too funny 😀

    January 11, 2004 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Burger sting #1987142
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    Too funny 😀

    January 11, 2004 at 9:03 am in reply to: PAF gets invisible target bombs #2670243
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    Damn. That phony press release I sent them on “invisible bombs” worked !!!

    I’m buyin. First round on me.

    January 11, 2004 at 9:00 am in reply to: Non-US Bronco's #2670249
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    OK thats it. Start production again and cancel / retire all apaches 😀

    January 11, 2004 at 8:56 am in reply to: EF programm dead ?? #2670251
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    😡

    January 11, 2004 at 8:49 am in reply to: Rafale and Typhoon, not just worth it? #2670271
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    Originally posted by Aurel
    I don’t see where it is much better. Both have good radars, capable of tracking multiple targets. Both use AMRAAM as BVR-missile. Both depend on AWACS. The g-limits of the F-18 and it’s manouverability are not really outstanding, but therfore it should have a lower RCS. And if you believe in LM, the lower RCS is more important. And what has the blk60 as operational g-limit, when packed with bombs and fuel ? In clean configuration, the F-16 is shurely better for airshows, but in real life ?
    Nethertheless It would be interesting see the results of an simulated combat in A/A configuration. The better acceleration and top speed, as well as highspeed turning rates may give here the advantage of the higher missile-range.
    Comparing blk60 with Mirage 2000-5 would be intersting, too. Maybe we can get such info soon from the UAE.

    Except that the F-16 has some speed and an option to refuse engagement. The F-18E/F doesn’t have that option. Matter of fact. A whole bunch of jets from the 60’s can refuse engagment from the F-18E/F.

    January 10, 2004 at 4:52 pm in reply to: Rafale and Typhoon, not just worth it? #2670944
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    The F-18E/F may be 4th gen but it doesnt have the A2A power to back it up.

    The new late Blk 60 F-16 is new and is superior to the F-18E/F in all areas except it cant do carriers.

    January 10, 2004 at 4:47 pm in reply to: READ THIS- The Mirage 2000 Mk-2 #2670954
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    no in this case its because it has a mica

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