Would have to dig for my source – it’s been a while since i read about batch 3 and centralising them all in 12FS.

There are only two F-15C/D squadrons in 3FW, by the way. Putting a third batch in yet another squadron would mean that a new wing (and hence a new base) would be getting AESAs. While i seem to recall that combining the AESAs in one squadron would help that.

The ‘secret’ runway for the former East German party cadre’s hideout at Wandlitz (to the NE of Berlin) was in a bend in the road. It’s now part of the B273 road, from Oranienburg to Bernau. The runway was ment to be used by small transports like the An-2, An-14 and L410. Unfortunately i don’t know of any flying from that stretch of concrete.

Or, as Derrida would say:
Very?

Benjamin, thanks for the link ‘deconstruction = Derrida’. If there ever was a promising word which got totally deconstructed… bleeeeh!

Why do the russians insist on using that sickening interior cockpit colour!

Because it works. It makes sure the pilots eyes have to do very little adjusting when switching from face-up (looking through the window) to face down (instruments). This greenish/blue somehow is pretty neutral from a brightness point of view, which means that in both dark and bright conditions the pilot doesn’t get retina cramps.

Well, i didn’t like my Citro BX. I mean, tearing an engine block in two??? Me???? Sure it did 215kph, but that was the end of it, i guess.

The car i rate the worst is definately a Ford Ka i once borrowed. If only for the looks on other people’s faces when i got out, wearing my nice wintery People’s Commissioner’s Greycoat.

You’re proposing a totally new aircraft. No way that is going to happen, especially not since Airbus hopes to get the A400M flying before 2010 first.

Not the serials, but…

The only operational unit to fly with the F-15C/APG-63(V2), is the 12FS with 27 machines allocated (the odd number being of course for it’s pretty unique machines) from the 3rd Wing. How to tell them apart from their non-AESA brethren from the 19FS (also 3Wg)? The fintip – 12FS has yellow, 19FS has got black fintips.

Here is a 12FS machine, courtesy of Maurice Hendriks.

The Cope India pics i have seen all show black fintips – so no AESA.