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February 6, 2004 at 2:20 pm in reply to: Eurofighter status? #2694241

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I don’t think any EF2000s have reached Laage yet, all are still with WTD61 at Manching.

GT0007 has first flown on dec03 2003 as 98+37, so it will still be a WTD61 aircraft. Do take note that operational training and evaluation is done with WTF61 / SIPT (Service Instructor Pilot Training program), and not with a nominally operational unit as the RAF is doing with 17sqn. The 98+3x ‘serials’ of the production machines are later going to be changed to regular 30+xx numbers, when the aircraft are moved to operational units.

It is a bit fuzzy how those numbers are going to be allocated though. Here are the current German Typhoons, folllowed by their to-be future numbers where i known:

98+31 EF2000(T) GT0001 TSLw1 i/a ————> 30+01
98+32 EF2000(T) GT0002 SIPT/WTD61 act —-> 30+02
98+33 EF2000(T) GT0003 SIPT/WTD61 act —-> 30+03
98+34 EF2000(T) GT0004 SIPT/WTD61 act —-> 30+04
98+35 EF2000(T) GT0005 SIPT/WTD61 act
98+36 EF2000(T) GT0006 EADS act
98+37 EF2000(T) GT0007 EADS act

Now would it make sense if 98+35 became 30+05, 98+36 gets to be 30+06 etcetera. However, this does not work since the numbers from 30+06 through 30+09 are all for single-seaters, while these 98+xx numbers are all duals. From what i can tell, the German number allocations won’t make much sense with the actual Typhoon deliveries. I foresee confusion ahead…

February 6, 2004 at 1:55 pm in reply to: PAF's A-5s #2694275

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Originally posted by Hydropod
In fact, this prototype actually have a wooden nose, Arthour, you didn’t tap the nose to check it out? I am surprised.:D

Yes, i tapped it, but i wasn’t sure if it was wood or some sort of plastic. The paint is pretty thick on the nose. The metallic strip is metal though.

February 6, 2004 at 1:45 pm in reply to: Where to find the best avatars? #2694285

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Just make one – take a square-ish pic or crop something square-ish from a pic you like, and downsize it to 70×70. I’m still looking for a Tu-22 afterburner photo i can use…

February 6, 2004 at 11:03 am in reply to: General Discussion #400725

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Emmylou Harris, a picture of Rush Limbaugh as avatar, going by the handle of Distiller…

Would i be correct in guessing your expertise goes beyond aircraft, but also concerns a lovely beverage called Moonshine, and which is delivered by some good old boys who never mean no harm?

February 6, 2004 at 11:03 am in reply to: Counterpoint to Flood's Anna posts #1978349

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Emmylou Harris, a picture of Rush Limbaugh as avatar, going by the handle of Distiller…

Would i be correct in guessing your expertise goes beyond aircraft, but also concerns a lovely beverage called Moonshine, and which is delivered by some good old boys who never mean no harm?

February 6, 2004 at 10:59 am in reply to: General Discussion #400745

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Yeah… Pakistan has been spreading around Dutch nuclear secrets. Suddenly it sounds a whole lot less dangerous, doesn’t it (especially if you consider those secrets were spied together in Almelo, probably the most retarded town the Netherlands has North of the Kleine Brogel-Geilenkirchen line).

February 6, 2004 at 10:59 am in reply to: Pakistan spreads nuclear weapons technology #1978355

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Yeah… Pakistan has been spreading around Dutch nuclear secrets. Suddenly it sounds a whole lot less dangerous, doesn’t it (especially if you consider those secrets were spied together in Almelo, probably the most retarded town the Netherlands has North of the Kleine Brogel-Geilenkirchen line).

February 6, 2004 at 10:48 am in reply to: PAF's A-5s #2694500

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I have to correct myself on the Q-5: it has a three-spar wing, not one. I thought incorrectly that some of the J-6III’s features were taken up in the Q-5 design.

One thing i absolutely dislike about the Q-5 is that the excellent 30mm gun of the MiG-19/J-6 was replaced by a far less powerful 23mm cannon. While Tony Williams will be able to explain it far better than me, that 30mm gun was a really impressive air-to-ground weapon whereas the 23mm is far less so.

February 6, 2004 at 10:32 am in reply to: Smokey J-10 #2694504

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It’s definately not a contrail or any other result of condensed water in humid air. The smoke really comes from the jetpipe.

February 6, 2004 at 10:30 am in reply to: PAF's A-5s #2694515

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Ah, the mystery plane at Datang Shan… I was fortunate enough to have spent some time looking at this aircraft from up close. The metal-coloured strip on the nose is a moveable part with a hinge on the upper narrow side. My guess is that it was a refuelling probe testbed. However, i haven’t come across any references concerning this aircraft. Which is quite possible though, as it is IMHO pretty likely that this Q-5 never actually flew with this nose. This considering the paintjob which shows no test indicators whatsoever, but still shows the original operational livery of a Q-5 as flown by the 11th Ground Attack Division from Siping.

This Q-5 is standing in a really interesting corner of the Datang Shan museum by the way. The ‘high’ Y-5 in the background (you can see the tip of it’s wings over the Fantan’s canopy) is equipped with floats, and the Fishbed to the left is actually one of very few (if not the only one) Soviet-built MiG-21F-13s in China.

February 6, 2004 at 10:18 am in reply to: Smokey J-10 #2694523

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That’s not the engine which is smoking, it appears there is a fuel injector in the jetpipe (diesel fuel gives nice smoke), either for trials or display purposes.

February 6, 2004 at 10:13 am in reply to: Any fighter plane which can survive Missile hit? #2694538

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It depends on the missile, it depends on the missile’s speed, it depends on the missile’s fuse, it depends on the missile’s load, it depends on where the aircraft is hit, it depends on from what angle the aircraft is hit, it depends on the relative speeds and directions of both the aircraft and the missile…

One could say that it’s a pretty silly question. Plenty of aircraft have survived missile hits.

February 6, 2004 at 8:27 am in reply to: Flying the F-104 #2694640

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Originally posted by mavaustin
This F-104A Starfighter on display at PAF Musem Karcahi was gifted to PAF by Turkish government.
http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/airforce/warbirds/images/f104a_862_02.jpg

It’s a CF-104D, not an F-104A. It flew initially as 12862 and later as 104862 with the CAF in Germany, and went to Turkey in 1986. CF-104s are easy to spot because of the RWR under the nose and on the sides of the jetpipe.

February 5, 2004 at 11:13 pm in reply to: Night Owls???? #2694889

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Isn’t that the Varyag?

February 5, 2004 at 8:01 pm in reply to: Indian Air Force Pictures #2694962

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Flare boxes are pretty standard to Mi-17s and military Mi-8s. The box below the tailboom houses a doppler, all Hips have this.
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