How about chinese air force and navy aviation ones? Is there any known source for them?
Junkers used a modular system of aircraft components for several types. This is why the new build F 13 already has a W 34 main undercarriage.
Might be a nice airplane for UK operators as well:
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The silver color on the fuselage is just painted on. The primer below is the typical aviation green. No need to polish anything.
First tranche might be up to ten I’ve heard.
Let’s dream: Rimowa: 1, Ju Air: 1, Lufthansa: 1, Paul Allen: 1, Red Bull: 1, some asian rich guy: 1, some russian rich guy: 1, some musem: 1, only two more to go.
Let me guess. Maybe they are buried in crates right below the Pt. Stanley runway?:angel:
They should have made the Swiss buy Rafales and take Pilatuses themself.
This is my favourite aerodrome and museum. Love those summer picknicks and evening flight displays.
Bring back RAF Gatow please. Bring a Gazelle and some Chipmunk and off you go. And the odd 146 on a royal visit please.
Just a link for all Do-27 lovers:
A very tasteful and moving memorial. Did visit in July. One can only be very respectful to those men. Still sad today to have lost so many.
A german DH Dove (old LTU livery) is set to attend as well on Saturday.
It landed at Coventry on tuesday. Slightly smoking from one engine pod but okay. Great project.
The news is that Northrop Grumman confirm it now.
Still some interesting links and pictures. Thanks.
But Google does:
About a year after the first flight of Northrop Grumman for the first time photos and details of the manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft deployable Firebird published.
The one at Scaled Composites in Mojave-built machine with an altitude of 9150 meters and flight times of up to 40 hours in the class of MALE UAVs (medium altitude, long service life) and to the General Atomics Predator B to compete.
An important feature of Firebird is to be used simultaneously, according to Northrop Grumman’s ability, three to four sensors such as video camera, IR camera, side-looking radar and a system for signal detection. But the central avionics was designed so that the integration of new devices quick.
Firebird can be flown both manned and unmanned. Achieved with the Lycoming TEO-540 piston engine, the 2270 kg heavy aircraft h. speeds around 370 km /
A first-demonstration is planned for late May in the Exercise Empire Challenge 2011, “provided, which is conducted by the U.S. Joint Forces Command.