Originally posted by GarryB
“Garry, are you suggesting the RD-33 is more economical than the F-100 or F-110”

I am suggesting that two engines can operate at lower throttle settings than a single engine and therefore operate more efficiently. Equally to fit one engine to the Fulcrum to give it the same performance would be a rather large and very powerful engine that is unlikely to be very efficient at all.

When fuel consumption is calculated as kg of fuel for every kg of force per hour then the lower throttle setting for cruising at a reasonable speed the better.

“Only now the MiG-29SMT and M’s begin to match the F-18C”

Which must mean it is already superior to the sewer hornet. 🙂
Of course ever the bargain basement Mig has had the advantage of datalinks, and IRST, not to mention a superior WVR missile with HMS, and an equivelent BVR missile available. It can also pull greater gs due to the fact that there is no fold in its wings.

Well the datalink feature was/is of very limited use in the early modells. It is more or less a link to the GCI officer without talking on the radio. Not even close to a real tactical datalink. IRST is quite nice on a clear sky. It some times outranges the radar then.

Just to put up a reminder german Fulcrums had to go up with the centerline fuel tank to train ACM against french or swiss hornets, while the hornets could fly in a clean configuration. And even then the MiGs reached bingo earlier. Compared to the F-16 that was even worse.

Flanker, 95% certain

Well honestly speaking before I believe that the UK and France can really share carriers (and not just the basic design), I bet that after some years the UK will built a second of their own. Or 2 competely new smaller ones.

-> Wait could the withdrawn one then be the first german carriers – shared with the french. 😀

Those cuts will make France the strongest millitary power in europe.

And cutting EF will be expensive.

Originally posted by ageorge
The French have been invaded twice in the past 100 years – doe’s that mean that the next invader gets to keep them ??

Good thing we already made the first 2 tries. 😀

Guess we want try a third time. And as far as I remember Germany was the first european country that was openly against the war in Iraq, then another european country joined in and both became old europe.

What really surprises me is that a country that is know to use force to safeguard their national interests in africa, is so critcally of the Iraqi adventure.

wysiswyg : Sorry for the german link.

It does not effect the 300, but the 200. But there is talk in some german forums about cracks in the 300s. I can´t confirm were this info came from or if it is true.

Seems to be a rumor.

I could find out that it comes from a worker at LH maintenance, who complained that they could hardly make the turn around times on the 753, because they had to check for cracks.

I hope the 757 will stay. I find it the most stable aircraft in the class. Quite comfortable to fly in. And I surely will miss the Condor 753.

The A320 does not come close.

Same as in Iraq – where human rights violation against have increased tenfold.

Furthermore I strictly object to the fact, that we should judge the lifestyle of other cultures based on our own life style.