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  • in reply to: General Discussion #370873
    Wrenchbender
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    You need to get a life! If movies were to be completely factual they would be a boring reflections of British documentarys with very little entertainment value for anyone other than most robust nerds looking to crituqe the production with little know facts and figures.

    in reply to: General Discussion #370937
    Wrenchbender
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    So what, Get a life

    in reply to: F-15K 1st Flight #2636943
    Wrenchbender
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    None the less you have German oversite to approve or disapprove your designs!

    in reply to: F-15K 1st Flight #2636948
    Wrenchbender
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    As with US companies, they should learn how to make a decent car first and then start to play with the aircraft. ;)[/QUOTE]

    If you were German that might mean something!

    in reply to: General Discussion #371121
    Wrenchbender
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    You must admit, Top gun was much better than anything the british movie industry has produced!

    in reply to: F-15K 1st Flight #2637139
    Wrenchbender
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    I the typhouy concept not much older than the F-15!
    Time-line
    1972 RAF issues revised AST-403 for new fighter
    mid 70’s UK, Germany and France initiate ECA
    1977 BAe Jaguar ACT and MBB F104 CCV DFCS studies begin
    1979 BAe/MBB propose ECF
    1980 BAe initiates P.106 concept, MBB initiates TFK-90, France starts ACX
    1981 Arguments lead to ECF’s failure
    1981 UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy initiate future fighter project
    1982 ACA formed by Panavia
    1983 UK MoD, BAe, MBB and Aeritalia initiate EAP
    Dec 1983 UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy start EFA project
    Oct 1985 EAP is towed out at BAe Warton
    Aug 1985 Panavia nations set France and Spain adrift and form new EFA project
    June 1986 Spain joins Panavia to form Eurofighter GmbH
    August 1986 EAP makes its first flight
    Sept 1986 EuroJet Turbo GmbH formed
    1987 NEFMA created, ESR(D) finalised
    Nov 1988 Engine and airframe contracts signed
    1990 ECR-90 contract awarded to EuroRADAR
    May 1991 EAP makes its last flight
    Mar 1992 Defence systems contract awarded to EuroDASS
    June 1992 Germany announces withdrawal from project
    Summer 1992 Various cheaper EFA designs examined
    Dec 1992 New EFA (N/EFA) given go ahead as Eurofighter 2000
    Jan 1993 First trials of ECR-90A on a BAC-111
    1993 DFCS re-checking delays first prototype flights
    March 1994 First flight of DASA DA1
    April 1994 First flight of BAe DA2
    Mid 1994 Phase one of flight trials complete
    June 1995 First flight of Alenia DA3 with EJ200-01A
    June 1995 DA2 appears at IAT Fairford
    June 1995 DA2 goes supersonic
    Oct 1995 Workshare problems arise
    Jan 1996 UK and Germany agree on new workshare
    Aug 1996 First flight of CASA DA6 two seater
    Sept 1996 UK announces funding of production phase
    Oct 1996 Spain confirms funding of production phase
    Nov 1996 Phase two of flight trials complete
    Jan 1997 First flight of Alenia DA7
    Feb 1997 First flight of DASA DA5 with ECR-90C and EJ200-01C
    Mar 1997 First flight of BAe DA4 two seater
    Apr 1997 Production ready EJ200-03A given flight clearance
    July 1997 Germany approves interim funding for further work
    Oct 1997 Germany approves funding for production phase
    Oct 1997 500th flight of the DA prototypes by DASA DA5
    Nov 1997 DASA DA1 attains M1.94, highest speed yet
    Nov 1997 BAe DA2 involved in ground refuelling trials
    Dec 1997 Following Germany, Italy approves purchase of Eurofighter
    15th Dec 1997 Alenia DA7 launches AIM-9L
    17th Dec 1997 Alenia DA7 launches AMRAAM
    22nd Dec 1997 Production phase agreements signed by all 4 nations
    Dec 1997 Alenia DA3 carries two 1000 litre wing tanks
    23rd Dec 1997 BAe DA2 reaches design goal speed of mach 2 over the Irish Sea
    28th Dec 1997 UK press reports Eurofighter will be named Typhoon
    12th Jan 1998 DA2 in air to air refuelling trials
    29th Jan 1998 NETMA contracts signed worth $32b for 620 aircraft
    16th Mar 1998 EuroRADAR (ECR-90) production contracts signed
    20th May 1998 EuroDASS production investment contracts signed
    2nd Sept 1998 Eurofighter 2000 named Typhoon for export markets
    14th Sept 1998 Fatigue tests now completed @ 18000 hours
    21st Sept 1998 Tranche-1 production contracts signed
    Jan 1999 First Eurofighter enters production
    Feb 1999 Greece selects Eurofighter Typhoon
    18th May 1999 DA5 makes 1000th flight of the DA series

    in reply to: F-15K 1st Flight #2637142
    Wrenchbender
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    Yep test pilot! First thing before the fight the avionics cpu crashed so I rebooted it with a size 12. Then I was bounched by a Cessna 150 and was luck to be alive and then the engines flamed out and had to eject. 😀

    in reply to: F-15K 1st Flight #2637159
    Wrenchbender
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    Eurofighter Typhoon is probably a more potent fighter. The only reason to why F-15 has outperformed Eurofighter Typhoon is politics.

    regards,
    Castor

    Edit: Typo

    No the Typhoon is flying junk only suitable as a target or target drone!

    in reply to: Stupid Decisions & Pointless Aircraft #2621721
    Wrenchbender
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    That proves my point even more. With reducing budgets how much more money would have been able to spent on a “Raphoon” if every contry involed in either project would have invested only 75% of their current investment. And that is not talking about the long term impacts. Imagine the UK would have decided in the early 80ies to replace their Harrier carriers with a CTOL carrier for Raphoons. Meanwhile France was looking at another new CTOL carrier. That could have been at least 4 carriers built to cammon standard. How much money could have been saved by that ??

    I guess that’s better than typhoeys

    in reply to: Indian Ocean Tidal Wave #2621723
    Wrenchbender
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    I would give some money but I have to buy primer for my airplane and buy a new tire for my truck but I can wish you well instead!

    in reply to: Pearl Harbor Mini-series #1361969
    Wrenchbender
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    As a fellow antipodean I have to remind you that JKD has been AWOL from Aus without a note for 30+ years and that he has “Been recalled for diplomatic discussions” as they say in diplomatic circles ie He is comming “home” and it is up to all of us to put him through appropriate retraining and cultural awareness instruction. This reindoctrination will naturally include sessions in Kiwi land to reintroduce him to the neighbours and aquaint himself with our shared cultural heritage (ie slagging each other off)

    What????????????????????????????????????????????????? Lost in translation.

    in reply to: US could shoot down EU satellites #2622150
    Wrenchbender
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    We’ll smoke them in the first few hours of any conflict . What the problem?

    in reply to: Pearl Harbor Mini-series #1364021
    Wrenchbender
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    Dave
    buy, borrow or steal a copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch that tomorrow or Tuesday night–don’t waste your time with cr*p.

    Probably the worst war film since Battle of the Bulge.
    Although there may be others.
    Cheers
    Andy
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    I havn’t seen anything out of big ben studios that was worth watching zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    in reply to: Salvage of JU87 (merged again) – 2006 Zombie #1364023
    Wrenchbender
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    Thanks flood for that translation! If they talk like that it’s a wonder they reproduce!

    in reply to: General Discussion #425630
    Wrenchbender
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    I’m gay for flood and snapper

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