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July 9, 2009 at 4:57 am in reply to: $290 million F-22 Raptors for Japan #2436319

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J. Boyle, so let’s say we give them the Raptors and, as the U.S. “shouldn’t be the world’s policeman”, we have no military presence in their country. I guarantee you, that if China crosses into Japan’s airspace, they’d want us to have their back, because China is just too much to handle for Japan. For this reason, it’s just easier to keep our F-22’s there instead of having to create a whole new version for tons of money just to please Japan. Keep it simple and just base some of our Raptors there-where else will they be needed?

July 5, 2009 at 7:09 pm in reply to: $290 million F-22 Raptors for Japan #2437358

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The U.S. needs an aircraft that only it has, without exporting it elsewhere. The F-22 should be kept as a U.S. only aircraft and not always please everyone who tries to ask for our top-notch aircraft. If Japan “needs” the F-22, we should just base some at Kadena, where they would be on notice whereever needed. I have a feeling that Japan just wants to have the Raptor for a show of force and power, not a necessity.

February 4, 2009 at 3:22 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2463743

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Yes. One or two of the XB-70 one’s work, however the rest don’t. Never mind-I tried it on a newer computer and it didn’t work. The problem is that my CPU doesn’t have enough memory and can’t handle the larger files.

February 4, 2009 at 2:02 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2463749

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Well Scorsch, it’s important the Mirage IV could hold Mach 2 for that time because it allows it to get to its targets faster. Also, I never claimed to be an expert and haven’t said anything beyond what I know. And Ryan, the files are XB-70 AV/1 and B-58 information. Thank you for taking time to help.

February 3, 2009 at 5:08 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2464501

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Ah, I guess I wasn’t specific enough-I meant only Western European military aircraft. Yes, the Russians make some fast aircraft. Even though, I’m not sure about the Mig-31, but I’ve heard that it can go a good distance at Mach 2.35.

February 3, 2009 at 2:32 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2464531

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Thanks for doing that Sferrin. Wow, was this the prototype XB-70, or the B-70 on the drawing board that could cruise at Mach 2 dry? With all that fuel, its supersonic range probably exceeded the Blackbird and Concorde.

February 3, 2009 at 1:40 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2464562

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That is a great resourse, sferrin, however tyring to look at the XB-70 and B-58 and many others, it says, “The file is damaged and could not be repaired”. Anyways, a read on the Mirage IV from dassault’s website states that it is still the only European military aircraft that can sustain Mach 2 for over 30 minutes. Could the F-111 accomplish this? Aircraft from the U.S. that can do this are/were the SR-71 and B-58.

February 1, 2009 at 7:16 pm in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2465725

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Another delta aircraft with good low altitude performance, but designed for a Mach 2 high altitude environment was the B-58:
http://www.zenosflightshop.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=B58DVD

700 mph under 500 feet is impressive considering that it also averaged 938 mph from Tokyo-London, including 5 hours at speeds of 1230 knots.

January 31, 2009 at 2:38 am in reply to: M-21 separation speed #2466890

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What about this site?
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/srspec~1.htm

It says 40000 lbs. of thrust also because of uprated engines.

January 31, 2009 at 2:24 am in reply to: M-21 separation speed #2466927

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Actually, the uprated engines had 40k lbs.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/recon/sr71/

look at the section “propulsion”- 80000 lbs. total.

January 31, 2009 at 2:22 am in reply to: TSR.2 Refuel #2466932

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Wow. That was an amazing aircraft-combining the low altitude speed of the F-111 and the high-altitude speed of the B-58. A one-of-a-kind aircraft.

January 29, 2009 at 2:01 am in reply to: Supercruising #2468680

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Comparing the Mirage IV to the F-22 is pointless-one was built to nuke the russians and then later converted to a spy plane, the other is a maneuvarable fighter with thrust vectoring, stealth, and advanced electronics. The F-22 combines many aspects of past combat aircraft into one. If we’re just looking for long supersonic range, why not just name the B-58 or SR-71. A better plane to compare the Mirage IV to would be the TSR.2.

January 28, 2009 at 6:40 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2475504

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Oh yes-it was Air Power Australia, my bad. Anyways, why not just put some J-79’s or Atar 50’s in? They got the B-58 and Mirage IV to cruise supersonically.

January 28, 2009 at 4:37 am in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2475526

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Well, I’ve read Australia is looking to reengine its f-111’s with f-119’s for supercruise? Maybe then it can cruise at supersonic for long distances.

January 24, 2009 at 6:32 pm in reply to: F-111 and Cruising Speeds #2479985

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Then the B-58 and Mirage IV structures must have been better at withstanding prolonged heat.
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