http://www.autofluglibelle.com/

Hmmm…

Some reports suggest that Sukhoi made plans for a threeseat trainer (with all three cockpits ‘in tandem’) but the reasons for such an aircraft remain unclear, unless it was expected to serve as a high-speed liaison aircraft. Development was reportedly abandoned soon after it began in 1991. The aircraft was allegedly referred to within the OKB as the Su-25U3.

Source: Jon Lake – Sukhoi’s “Frogfoot” Su-25, Su-28, Su-39

And also stealthy weapons pods, which were shown on the FB-22 concept…

More pic’s!!!!

http://public.fotki.com/irltrucks/boeing_lcf/

http://airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536888073&filename=1155741957Wx9oBf.jpg

http://airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536888073&filename=1155741934IODafW.jpg

http://airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536888073&filename=1155741913siasXO.jpg

Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Rolls Out; Prepares for First Flight
TAIPEI, Aug. 17, 2006 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has rolled the first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) out of the hangar at Taipei’s Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. The enormous airplane is the first of three specially modified jets that will be used to transport major assemblies for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

“This is one of the most unusual modifications Boeing has ever done,” said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Development and Production. “We’ve relied on the world’s best talent to design and build the LCF and we can all be proud today to see it standing on the tarmac.”

Ground testing is under way to prepare the LCF for its first flight. After initial flight testing in Taipei, the LCF will fly to Seattle to complete the flight test program. First flight and the ferry flight to Seattle are expected to occur by the end of August.

The modifications have been performed by Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT), a joint venture of EVA Air and General Electric and a part of Taiwan’s Evergreen Group. The second airplane continues to be modified and will be completed this fall. The third airplane will begin modification next year. The first two LCFs enter service in 2007 to support the final assembly of the first Dreamliners.

Source: Boeing – Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Rolls Out; Prepares for First Flight

8 years ago, the USAF and Lockheed had the same idea with older F-16A’s & F-16C’s.
PDF: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/98-282.pdf

EF-15E+

The APG-63(V)3 should also be used for for electronic attack like now its sister APG-79 on the Superhornet. See thread “F/A-18E/F to use AESA as jammer“

Then my dream would come true:
EF-15E+ Spark Eagle
(Haven’t found a better name!!! 😮 )

Then the USAF have their long-wished sucessor for the EF-111 and don’t have to rely anymore on the USN EA-6B, which will be phased out in the next decade by the EA-18G.

Have you got the IAC serial number 2xx?

Kai Wolter aka “Bones” and “Red Rippers”, both members @ Flugzeugforum.de, were two weeks ago on board the CVN-69 USS Dwight D.Eisenhower. Of course, they started a huge thread @ Flugzeugforum.de with a lot of pic’s from their visit. 😮 😎 🙂

Kai is a fan of the VFA-103 Jolly Rogers (F/A-18F). The VFA-143 Pukin Dogs with the F/A-18E were also on the carrier. ( I leave out at this moment the other aircrafts e.g. Hornet (C-version), Prowlers, Hawkeyes)
I told them about the ECS heat exchangers on the Superhornet. Both looked through their pic’s and Kai found out, that the following F/A-18F’s from the VFA-103 do not have the the new ECS heat exchangers:AG-200,AG-201,AG-202,AG-206,AG-207,AG-210,AG-212 und AG-214.
The following F/A-18E’s from the VFA-143 also do not have the new ECS heat exchangers: AG-102,AG-103,AG-104,AG-105,AG-106 (166606 ) und AG-112
But these F/A-18E’s from the VFA-143 have the new ECS heat exchangers:
AG-100 (Bu-Nu. 166608),AG-101 (Bu-Nu. 166609) und AG-107 (Bu-Nu. 166607)

So it seems, as the AG-106 (Bu-Nu. 166606 ) has the old ECS heat exchangers, and AG-107 (Bu-Nu. 166607) the new ECS heat exchangers, which means, that the last aircraft AG-107 (Bu-Nu. 166607) is the first of a new Lot (Lot 28 or even Lot 29).
See Kai’s picture to compare!

The wrote also, that Block II starts at Lot 26.
Lot 26 starts for the singleseat airframe F/A-18E at Bu-Nu. 166420 and for the doubleseat F/A-18F at Bu-Nu. 166449.
Lot 26 has also the new front fuselage with new frame inside, so it can hold the APG-79 AESA. The VFA-103 and VFA-143 do not have yet the new radar, only the F’s of VFA-216 (now part of VFA-106) are the first airfcrafts to test it.

Sources:
Post #248 from Bones – Mit VFA-103 und VFA-143 an Bord der USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Post #232 from Bones – Mit VFA-103 und VFA-143 an Bord der USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

Picture: Copyright Kai Wolter aka “Bones”