I’ve also read something similar to that in the internet, but that’s hardly true, specially now that the US government has announced the end of the military aid program with Brazil. And by the way, the F-16 version which is being offered is the Block 50/52+, not the F-16E (whatever this is).

Now this is the real Lockheed Martin’s proposal to Brazilian Air Force.

The Government of Brazil (GOB) has requested a possible sale of 12 F-16C/D Block 50+ aircraft with either the F100-PW-229 or F110-GE-129 engine and :

— APG-68(V)9 FMS radars,
— two spare F100-PW-229 or two spare F110-GE-129 engines,
— 14 LANTIRN Targeting Pods (FMS variant),
— 14 LANTIRN Navigation Pods with Terrain Following Radar (TFR),
— 48 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and four AMRAAM training missiles,
— 12 M61 Vulcan cannon,
— 48 LAU-129 launchers,
— eight AN/ALQ-131Countermeasures,
— LANTIRN Night Vision Goggle compatible cockpits, the capability to employ a wide variety of munitions, support equipment, software development/integration, modification kits, spares and repair parts, flight test instrumentation, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics personnel services, and other related requirements to ensure full program supportability.

The estimated cost is $909 million.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region. The prime contractor will be Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems of Fort Worth, Texas. One or more proposed offset agreements may be related to this proposed sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require the assignment of approximately five U.S. Government representatives to Brazil for approximately two years to assist in the delivery, acceptance, and deployment of the aircraft. There will be five U.S. Government and three contractor representatives for one-week intervals, twice annually, to participate in program management and technical reviews.

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. This notice of a potential sale is required by law; it does not mean that the sale has been concluded.

Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency
http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/Brazil%2002-18.pdf

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Primer

Bugger, once I’m perfectly acessing it from the old adress…

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Primer

oh cr*p.. you guys dont know how funny your phrases become in portuguese (of course, thanks to lack of accuracy in the altavista translator).

I’ll translate that Flood’s phrase about a goat and artillery to let you know how it really sounds in Portuguese:

My goat from friends is a sick, it ate a part of the artillery but is suffering from constipação*. We’d like to have a big duck gratinado* with source from caril. Please.

* = We dont the words “constipation” and “smothered” in Portuguese.

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Primer

Arthur, Snapper and Mrs En830,
sorry but you’re not doing very well this far.

Port = Porto
Cheese = Queijo
Lisbon = Lisboa

😉 😀

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Primer

Originally posted by Hand87_5
Looks like a WMD to me 😀

Alpha 1. Alpha 1. We’ve been discovered. Requesting imediate evacuation.:D

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Primer

well, here goes a pic showing the 2-stage rocket I mentioned before.. as you can notice, it was really bigger than I had said before… damn memory… (P.S.: I’m the one with dark hair, wearing glasses, a black T-shirt and blue jeans pants)

Well, this is what happened to the 1st stage…

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Primer

Originally posted by ageorge
Bloody hell Primer , that sounds like a missile !! , I’ve tried one of these Estes rocket starter packs – good fun for a while , until the wadding gets stuck – the parachute doesn’t open , and that’s it – rocket gone . Can you buy these in bigger sizes – the only ones I can get in model shops here in Scotland are only about 1ft long , interesting hobby !!!

ageorge,

We dont buy rockets here in Brazil. We build them! 😉 These rocket packs you mentioned are too bloody expensive down here.
That accident that I mentioned, had happened in 1999 when I was member of Rocketry Group which was even premiated in a rocketry festival in France.
I am currently working in a new rocket project (this time working with some friends) in which I will try to install a camera to take some air photos, but there is a long way to go ’til there.

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Primer