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.
So what, Get a life
None the less you have German oversite to approve or disapprove your designs!
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!
You must admit, Top gun was much better than anything the british movie industry has produced!
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
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. 😀
Eurofighter Typhoon is probably a more potent fighter. The only reason to why F-15 has outperformed Eurofighter Typhoon is politics.
regards,
CastorEdit: Typo
No the Typhoon is flying junk only suitable as a target or target drone!
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
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!
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.
We’ll smoke them in the first few hours of any conflict . What the problem?
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
Thanks flood for that translation! If they talk like that it’s a wonder they reproduce!
I’m gay for flood and snapper