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F-35B Flights Suspended Following Fueldraulic Failure
Lol, speaking of the F-35B.:D
Firstly if the UK wanted to develop a manned fighter it still could. The UK has know-how in all the key areas and Typhoon is frankly based on UK R&D from avionics through to engines.
Secondly what does the price we sold Harrier GR7/9 to the Americans got to do with the fact that the F35B outperforms the legacy platform.
With 2010 SSDR the treasury held a gun to the RAF’s head and said a fast jet had to go, it made more sense to retire Harrier however uncomfortable that is for people. How is stating the fact that F35B outperforms the legacy platforms it is replacing ludicrous?! Even if it hadn’t got the chop it was till on the way out. The price we got is of course less then the first F35B development airframe, the USMC were buying the Harrier airframes for their component parts and we didn’t have any other buyer. Harrier was cut to save on the operating costs, what we got for the airframes is immaterial.
How the hell can it build one even if it wants to if BILLIONS are sunk into this F-35 ” partnership” you’re talking about ?:confused:
Starting with TSR2, P1154 and all the way to this day, the UK aeronautical industry has been sabotaged by your “friends” across the Atlantic. UK should be flying Replicas or something similar now, built either alone or in collaboration like the Tornado , like the Jaguar , or like Typhoon, and THEY should operate from QE. UK would have been much more able to defend itself and not COMPLETELY and UTTERLY dependent on the US (and prisoners to the US mischievous political agenda), again thanks to traitorous politicians, many more jobs would have been created, and Europe would have only to gain too if they would have jumped in.
But i think you should be thankful that your grandfathers didn’t thought like you, otherwise you will be speaking german now.
Look what don’t you understand in the very simple statement:
“EVERY SINGLE F35 MADE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT BRITISH CONTENT IN PARTICULAR THE AFT FUSELAGE AND EJECTION SEATS!”
That is typed in caps to express me exasperation! It is nothing to do with my argumentation skills…it is very simple all F35 built benefit UK PLC…I think that is something to be celebrated.
Britain is a tier 1 partner and is building a significant proportion of the aircraft! How much meat do you want?!
Look if you don’t believe me when I say “EVERY SINGLE F35”! Have a look at BAE Systems fact sheet on the program! It is there in black and white:
http://www.baesystems.com/cs/groups/public/documents/document/mdaw/mdm4/~edisp/baes_026379.pdf
For a potential 3000+ build that is a massive return on investment for UK PLC.
I think that whilst there have been significant problems in the life of the program but there are many positives to be talked about as well and I am sick and tired of having somebody jump down my throat when I don’t show myself to be irrational hater of the program…I would argue that focusing only on where the program is not meeting targets and ignoring the positives is sign of poor argumentative skills on your part.
Grow up!
Yeah sure, the proud aeronautical industry that once produced legends like Spitfire, Lancaster, Hunter, Lighting, Harrier and countless more , reduced to a pithiful subcontractor for the americans, rear fuselages and some damn seats, sure, there’s some “meat ” there.
I’m sure the americans are congratulating themselves for eliminating the british (and most of Europe’ as well) aeronautical prowess, with the help of some spineless and traitorous politicians, starting with that Sandy guy…
Apparently only the first one. I suspect they are preparing for the second now. Perhaps the long time between the first few flight seems awkward but it was same for J-20 ( 4 months).
Is X-38 and Kh-38 the same thing?
Correct russian romanicized name is H-38. Russian H looks like roman X. Kh-38 is a western phonetic spelling (why they don’t just use H is beyond me).
That LM report are rather humble in its layout form.
I guess LM have been jacked down a few notches after these reports from DOT&E..
What else they’re gonna say ” we’re s**t, we’re s**t ,we’re s**t we know we are ” ?:D
So yeah, all those bombastic press releases about how many points and how many flights and how far ahead they are in everything were just PR lies, not that i personally didn’t expected that.
Our gratitude to our serbian friends from mycity-military.com, thank you.:)

Superb. So it’s not 054 red.:p I hope those pics will be released in high-rez too! All eyes on KnAAPO.:)
Su-35S will finnish second stage of State trials in 2015
The second stage of State trials include new weapons, new self protection systems(IRST?) and possible the Fire and control radar, since it require new software to match new weapons.
Not sure about the IRST , i would think they talk about the OEIS, RWR, ECM, datalinks etc. etc. Would be most interesting to know what new weapons they will integrate.
OKB Sukhoi, KnAAPO and NAPO merged into a single company on January 1st.
http://sukhoi.org/news/company/?id=5046
Crickey, that’s a long trip , didn’t realized KnAAPO is that far from Moscow. Thanks for that Paralay.:)
Bangladesh is likely to buy MiG-29SMT.
SMT? Are there any legacy airframes left at Sokol to be ugraded to SMT? If this contract will be pursued, i hope they will be some new Ms.:)
Well , has 054 reached LII yet, or it has an overnight intermediate stop along the way? Thanks.:)
didn’t you see grOOmi pics from yesterday’s flight?
What pictures from yesterday ?Where ? What have i missed? 😮
Slightly off-topic, does anyone know what happened with Mr. Andrey Fomin’s Take-off magazine (http://www.take-off.ru) website? I couldn’t access it at all for the last 2 weeks …:(