Speaking of anime , didn’t those B-1rs launching all their missles remind anyone of macross?
The Airforce says it doesnt need them, and that they have other stuff they’d rather spend the money on, yet they get them anyway? Ok……
then sell them to the RAF which really needs their current fleet of C-17s to be used more than just flying hearses (no offence to the war dead)
hate to dig up a thread but whoes looking forward to the 2nd movie this year? Apparently there may be a F-35 in there somewhere (looking at the toyline )
Suprised the F-3h demon hasn’t been mentioned much . This poor thing even in its most improved form had a tendency to drop out of the sky no thanks to its crap engine flaming out in the lightest rain
If he keeps on like that , He’ll be targeted by a certain overzealous patriotic special force on the basis of mistaken identification :diablo: yo joee!!!!
imagine what sort of crap those protestors make when the a380 flys in march 18th
I’m sure Bud Holland would be proud
sorta reminds me of what a typical tranche 2 typhoon could go for nowadays with a equal a/a and a/g loadout
Why don’t the Aussies resurrect their IML Addax so they can have a “Raptor” and not bother about whether it is gonna be curtailed through us congress?
Or maybe even “Help” the japanese build their ATD-X then they’ll have a sort of a cake and eat it?
Wouldn’t this open data lead to someone actually being able to hack into the A380 via a laptop and “accidently” controlling the plane?:diablo:
Those druggies were probably thinking as that Tucano was closing in “Achtung! Spitfire!!” 😀
Ah yes, the ‘Caspian Sea Monster’. Anyone else catch the TV documentary on this a year or so back? A fascinating beast. Could be the technology may yet be revived.
In a word. Yes
http://www.hovercraft.com/content/index.php?main_page=19xrw_gallery
Conbine a hovercraft with an ekranoplan and this is what you get 😀
But the F-35 is not suitable as a stop-gap, since it won’t be available for several years, & the F-2 is in production.
For what ? General support fighter role? F-4EJKAIs perform similar missions to F-2S now . What is the point of procuring a short term expensive fighter asset?
Adapting? All they need do is stick a decent radar into its nose and they got a good all rounder that can do almost anything
I believe its something from Macross.
The YF-19 from
Macross plus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBhqQ9Mxz0
Its pretty ironic Japanese can design badass jet fighters in fantasy but can’t design them in reality 😀