If anyone liked the civil Javelin design then they should have loved the Bede BD10 before it.
Javelin
Bede BD10
I think an F125-powered T-50 sized trainer in the 12,000-pound class:
General characteristics
* Crew: 2: student and instructor
* Length: 46 ft 4.5 in (14.14 m)
* Wingspan: 25 ft 3 in (7.7 m)
* Height: 12 ft 10.5 in (3.92 m)
* Wing area: 170 ft² (16 m²)
* Empty weight: 7,000 lb (3,175 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 20,000 lb (9,000 kg)
* Internal fuel: 677 US gal (2,563 L)
* Powerplant: 1× Honeywell F125 afterburning turbojet
o Dry thrust: 31 kN (7,000 lbf)
o Thrust with afterburner: 53.4 kN (12,000 lbf)
Performance
* Maximum speed: Mach 1.3 (858 mph, 1,381 km/h)
* Range: 1,150 mi (1,850 km)
* Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
* Rate of climb: 30,000 ft/min (152.4 m/s)
* Thrust/weight: 0.6
Armament
* Guns: 1× 3-barreled 20 mm M197 Gatling gun
* Hard Points: load up to 2,275kg (approx. 5,000 lbs.)
o wingtip, one each: AIM-9 Sidewinder; or one 378L (100-US gal) drop tank
o underwing, three each wing: various bombs, rockets, and/or missiles, including up to two 1249L (330-US gal) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks
o centerline fuselage, one each: travel pod, various bombs, rockets, and/or missiles; or one 1,040L (275-US gal) drop tank
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