The A-7 Corsair II or SLUF has a very efficient turbofan engine. It also has a good fuel fraction, giving it long legs and endurance compared to the other two. It also is small, built tough and nimble.

The Jaguar is built for low level work. Its fast and accurate, with a high wing loading giving great ride at low level in gusty air. It’s also fairly fragile compared to the others and has rather more thirsty engines. It does have two of them tough.

The Su-17 or -22 is the largest of the three. It also has low wing loading and a thirsty turbojet engine. Its built like a brick house and flies like one. It does carry a good deal of fuel, but needs lots of it as well, due to its engine type.

All three aircraft carry fairly sophisticated avionics. Nav/attack systems and bombing computers are found in all of them. If the mission is interdiction, i’d prefer the suchoi, but if its CAS, i’d prefer the A-7. imo the jaguar loses out for being lightly built and lacking internal fuel for battlefield persistence.

Magazine shure isnt what it used to be.

Gone are in-depth technical analyses. Gone are the awesome drawings discussed above.

Seems all we have left these days is a glossy sales brochure at times.

I’m exaggerating, its not that bad. but i really think Air International used to be better when it was less glossy and more in-depth.

huh? wha?:confused:

Turkish F-16 dogfighting with a… dishwasher!!! 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2feLD7ajM&feature=player_embedded#!

That is honest-to-god awesome. So much better than the dubbed over fawny french housewife we get in such commercials.

First: it has awesome footage of the F-16 whipping around the countryside. 😎

Second: It shows the mother and the kid as resourceful, empowered individuals, making them great role models (unlike the oh look how white my hubbies underwear has become model) 🙂

Third: she be hawt :diablo:

http://russianplanes.net/images/to56000/055905.jpg

!!!!

sic transit gloria mundi

http://www.atfx.org/Saab_Viggen,EN,16,32,,.html

Thanks. Is that text machine translated? Wikipedia has the same info, but doesnt give credible reference sources. Still, the story makes sense and is plausible.

I wonder what were the first two choices for F-4G replacement. F-15G? and the 2nd?

I’m amazed you think an aviation enthousiast forum is a proper place to pitch your idea. I hardly think any of the great movers and shakers in the bussiness follow the petty bickerings that go on in a place like this.

Have you tried printing it all out and handing out copies at aviation bussiness conventions?

Predator Drone TR425 Takes The Stand

Almost too shocking to listen to.

http://www.theonion.com/video/predator-drone-tr425-takes-the-stand,20317/

laughing Out Loud!

you do know the onion is a well known persiflage humor and satire site, do you?