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  • March 8, 2007 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Buran Space Shuttle parked in Bahrain #2556219
    fightingirish
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    It was bought by the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum (not near Munich :rolleyes:), and planned to be transported to Germany in 2005. Due to legal issues, it still remains (as of June 2006) in Bahrain. It is planned to be included in the museum’s collection soon in 2007.

    Write the museum an e-mail for more information!

    March 8, 2007 at 4:24 pm in reply to: A question about side-by-side jet trainer #2556220
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    Side-by-side jet trainer, J Boyle!!!

    I presume, the Fokker S.14, BAC Jet Provost and Morane Saulnier MS 760 were the the first side-by-side jet trainer in service,designed from the start as jet trainers.
    The prototype of the Fokker S.14 flew on May 19th, 1951.

    Source:
    http://www.scramble.nl/wiki/index.php?title=Fokker_S-14

    March 8, 2007 at 4:08 pm in reply to: USAF to retire AGM-129 #1802568
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    The USAF needs smart weapons with none or less collateral damage.
    So the AGM-129 is past its time, because it can’t hit targets like WMD bunkers.
    And a conventionally armed AGM-129 is too expensive compared to smart weapons of today. See JASSM, JDAM and UGM-109.

    There was also a projected AGM-129B version of the ACM. The official source describes it as an “AGM-129A modified with structural and software changes and an alternate nuclear warhead for accomplishing a classified cruise missile mission.” Apart from that, no further information is available, but most likely no ACMs were completed as AGM-129Bs. Reports, which attribute the AGM-129B designation to a planned, but eventually not funded, non-nuclear version of the ACM are erroneous. While a conventionally armed ACM was indeed proposed to the USAF by General Dynamics (and unofficially referred to as “AGM-129C”), this proposal was turned down.

    Source: http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-129.html

    March 8, 2007 at 3:33 pm in reply to: F-22A Pics, News & Speculations Thread #2556223
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    GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bomb integration testing on the F-22A Raptor begins!

    The F/A-22A Raptor is back!;)

    Raptor, precision strike bomb integration testing begins
    The 411th Flight Test Squadron began integration testing of the F-22A Raptor and the GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bomb at Edwards Air Force Base in February. Jeff Randolph, flight test engineer for The Boeing Company’s Small Diameter Bomb program, said four SDBs and its BRU-61 carriage can be loaded in each weapon bay of the Raptor. This enables the F-22 to carry a total of eight SDB weapons in addition to two AMRAAMs.
    Photo by Darin Russell.
    http://www.alert5.com/newsphotos/070202-F-9999X-100.jpg

    Please also notice the movie!

    Source: AFNEWS – Raptor, precision strike bomb integration testing begins

    March 8, 2007 at 10:41 am in reply to: F-35 Hudless? #2556244
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    http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/2006/articles/apr_06/front-office/index.html

    March 8, 2007 at 10:07 am in reply to: Happy Birthday Future Pilot #558040
    fightingirish
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    Tom, happy birthday and many successful landings in a new year of life!

    March 6, 2007 at 1:17 pm in reply to: A question about side-by-side jet trainer #2505530
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    The first side-by-side jet trainer in service was the de Havilland Vampire T 11 trainer. First flown in 1950, over 600 were produced in both air force and naval models. The trainer remained in service with the RAF until 1966.

    March 6, 2007 at 12:23 pm in reply to: Polish MiG-29 atacked!!! #2505568
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    And I thought first, it was because of the German-Polish politic discords… :dev2:

    March 4, 2007 at 11:33 am in reply to: F-16 flight ops at Area 51 ? #2506279
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    @ joey

    …google earth…

    I remember seeing a picture of the Boeing Bird of Prey and its chase plane F-16 with a similar camo.

    March 2, 2007 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Production Su-34 #2506845
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    Can’t wait to see more photos from MAKS 2007!

    March 1, 2007 at 6:28 pm in reply to: UPS defers A380 by 10 years! #560803
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    Airbus suspends work on A380F

    Airbus announced today that it had suspended development of the A380F.
    So I presume, UPS will freeze its order until 2010+.

    February 28, 2007 at 6:24 pm in reply to: Airbus & Power8: A320 #560863
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    Does this mean A320 family Wing production is moving from Broughton?

    I meant final assembly. Parts like wings and fuselage sections will stay at their production places.

    Edit:
    Airbus Press Release

    February 28, 2007 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Airbus & Power8: A320 #561067
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    Power 8 press conference

    Airbus will hold a press conference today at 2.00PM GMT, the press conference will be shown on line at http://www.airbus.com

    The press conference will cover Power 8.

    France: 3200

    Germany: 3700

    UK: 1600

    Spain: 400

    Central station (TLS HQ) 1100

    Achieved by 2010.

    Half of this are temporary contracts with external insitutional collaborators (i.e. auditors and advisors) who will be discontinued and half are permanent employees. Of these, NOBODY will be fired and the numbers will be achieved through putting some plants in joint ventures (effectively meaning also reducing the Airbus workforce), early retirement of elderly staff and natural outflow.

    Airbus will move the entire A320 production and operations center to Germany. The A320E and its successor supposed to be build in Germany.
    The A350 production and operations center will be in Toulouse!

    Mods, please delete “: A320” in the thread title!

    February 27, 2007 at 5:54 pm in reply to: visiting wittmund #2507972
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    Where is JG-74 located then?

    Jagdgeschwader 74
    Wilhelm-Frankl-Kaserne 1
    86633 Neuburg an der Donau
    Bavaria (South Germany)

    and

    Jagdgeschwader 71 “Richthofen”
    Isumser Straße 20a
    26409 Wittmund
    Ostfriesland (North Germany)

    February 24, 2007 at 1:44 pm in reply to: Patriot SAMS on F-15's ? #2510891
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    F-15C PAC-3

    I presume, 4 missiles on this F-15C, 2 missiles in one container!
    The container doesn’t look stealthy as that container proposed for the F-22/FB-22. Anyway, doesn’t have to be…
    I can’t tell you, how the missiles are launched from the container!
    Please notice the 4 Aim-120’s on the fuselage! I have never seen them on a F-15C in that configuration.
    Source: Flug Revue 03/2007, News, page 18

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