Not the same pilots.. He is not quoting Schirdewahn or Penrice, but a normal frontline RAF pilot who gets no financial benefit from the jet’s manufacturer.

I was referring to the DoD & MoD pilots that are part of the testing and training programs.

Really?

Yes, really.

I did not say that it could not SC, just that I would like to see some apples to apples comparisons. To make those comparisons you would have to know some more details like fuel state, altitude, etc, etc.

listen 1:10 onwards about sc:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7481172.stm

Seriously??? Sorry But I have to throw one 🙂

He actually said the EF can Supercruise at 40k feet and only burn 2x idle fuel rate…

By that I assume we can stop making the claims that it can supercruise?

Sure, just as soon as Rafale, Eurofighter, etc do the same. 😉

Since transonic drag at m1.0 is higher than m1.2, it’s entirely possible that it needs a little AB to maintain 1.0 but none to maintain 1.2.

We also do not know the altitudes, fuel states, or loadouts of either of these statements.

What is the TR3 and 4??

In F-35 speak, a TR is a Tech Refresh.

The plan for the F-35’s Block upgrades has been two fold, primarily software changes at every Block upgrade and hardware (TRs) changes every other Block.

There has been one TR already in the program and it came during Blk0.5/1 (see graphic below). While every Block upgrade may have minor hardware changes like adding a card or two, TRs are reserved for major architecture changes and upgrades. For example, TR1 saw the change from four Single chip (or core?) GP modules to 2 Quad GP modules.

TR2 will take place as part of Block 3I (same as Block 2B but on TR2). Details of what TR2 covers are not publicly known.

So, following the above plan, Blocks 3&4 will be on TR2, Blocks 5&6 will be on TR3, 7&8 will be on TR4, etc.

f-35 use the same pylon as f-16

The F-35’s pylons may seem similar to the F-16’s, but they are unique. One thing to remember is the F-35 pylons are rated to 5000lbs (but only the inner station can hold that much).

Btw the two outer station of F-35 can’t carry aim-120 right ?

No, the outer station is rated for 300 lbs which is too light for the AMRAAM.

Great.. It’s that time of year where I can’t trust anything for the next 48 hours 🙂

A picture which is claimed as the representational TF-X picture from the two-day International Air&Space Power (ICAP) Conference being held in Istanbul .

Is it just me or do those intakes look WAY too big.