This is a excellent site for info on CVF, Richard Beedall’s Navy Matters
http://frn.beedall.com/index.html

This site is worth a look too
http://www.futureaircraftcarrier.co.uk/

CVF image from October 2004

Just watched the trailer again and noticed that all the aircraft appear to be V/STOVL capable.

If you watch the aerial refuelling scene frame by frame you can see vertical jet exhaust coming from the main nozzles and from F-35 JSF style doors just behind the cockpit.

Doesn’t make alot of sense but it looks cool anyway:)

Trailer here- http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/stealth/

It looks like the Replica program owes alot to the work BAE did with McDonnell Douglas on their JSF proposal.

Take a look at Richard Beedall’s Navy Matters site http://frn.beedall.com/fsc.htm

It has a good section and links on Trimaran designs.

Thanks Wanshan, I thought the YA-7F was a figment of my imagination, sounds ideal for the Brazilians, but I can’t see it happening.

Wow. I’d love to see the YA-7F get reborn. I’ve always thought the A-7 was such a great plan, and to see it in that guise would be awesome! Anyone know what projected performance would have been?

Heres some info http://www.hill.af.mil/museum/photos/coldwar/a-7.htm

YF-23 was a bit faster in dry thrust ( not much) and was stealthier design but it lost for two reasons:

-Its engines were of new and unproven design ( variable cycle ), and for that reason very expensive too, with questionable reliability.

-Its behaveour at high angles of attack left much to be desired. It was directionaly unstable at high Alpha flight because of small vertical tail area and other reasons.
Because of that, it would have no chance in close combat against modern fighters like Mig-29 or Su-27.

So, choice was correct.

Your wrong about the engines, there where 2 prototypes of each ATF design, one powered by P&W F119 engines, the other by GE F120 engines.

http://www.deagel.com/pandora/?p=mn00067001
Quote-The ARMIGER missile is being developed by the Diehl Corporation (BGT subsidiary) to replace existing HARM missiles in the German Air Force by the end of the decade.

Quite interesting as it shares some close resemblance to a concept from AVPRO !

I thought it looked familiar, AVPROs FOAS concepts.