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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:22 pm
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| It would be interesting to see how each country stacks up on the list. Right now the UK is pissed as hell because they are getting a dumbed down version of the F-35. Well them and everyone else too. Of course next to the U.S., the second largest contributor to the JSF program has been the UK. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:06 pm
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| The Typhoon looks like a great plane, but...... ...0-12000 feet in four seconds? I am extremely sceptical about this. The plane would have to be able to do roughly Mach 2.5 or more on the deck before initiating such a climb, and go straight up afterwards without losing any speed (or go even faster ... |
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Forum: Medals Topic: [New Medal] Anyone interested in a Cadet Medal? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:58 am
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| I wouldn't mind having three distinct medals. Of course it's fine if you have all three combined into one like the first one, but maybe it should have more distinct cadet colours, i.e. blue, black and green with the crests or something. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:53 am
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| The cockpit and its bubble canopy give the pilot unobstructed forward and upward vision, and greatly improved vision over the side and to the rear. The seat-back angle was expanded from the usual 13 degrees to 30 degrees, increasing pilot comfort and gravity force tolerance. The pilot has excellent... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:56 pm
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| I do believe it was the F-16 because the lessons learned were used in the F-117 (should be F-17 but who's counting?) that was developed just after the F-16 durring the late 1970's. The F-18 was developed at about the same time as the nighthawk, maybe slightly later but for sure not before the F-16.... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:17 pm
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| Looks like the US needs to put a leash on Israel. That is unless the US is in on it and the technology being sold is faulty... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:08 pm
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| Yeah, the Lawn Dart was given to the F-16 by F-15 pilots due to the problems that were encountered early on in development of the little fighter. It was the first true fly by wire aircraft with the computer interpreting the pilots inputs and converting them into commands. Well, every now and then t... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:48 pm
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| Some Eagles have been lost due to ground fire though. And as far as the Lawn Darts go, they are not great air to air fighters though they are certainly capable of that. Though quick and manueverable, i can think of at least half a dozen aircraft that i would rather be in in an air to air fight. Im ... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:14 pm
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| Good save on this pointless flag waving thread. Considering how advanced the F22's are suposed to be I'd bet the US has air dominance sewed up for the decade and maybe more. As long as the US can afford more than a handfull. Even now they are scaling back some of the options. To my recall, there ha... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:11 pm
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| While it is true that flares could be released but im thinking that the AIM-9X is smarter than that. Ive heard that it (or other missiles like it) will ignore the tiny point of heat and go for the massive exhaust plumes. I am not completely sure on that though And for that tactic you mentioned of t... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:53 pm
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| True, they will have the element of surprise. They can fly in vectored by the big AWACs and use heat seekers. There isn't much defense against that . . . none that i can think of Well there are flares that can be punched off. The scenario I read about is something like this. Two F-22As are flying i... |
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Forum: Hockey Topic: Maple Leafs need to go 8-1 to make playoffs |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:24 pm
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| Damn, most of us here in Ottawa are hoping for Toronto to make the playoffs, just so Ottawa can cream them. As good as Ottawa is right now, I wouldn't bet so easily on the sens beating the leafs in the play-offs. If history has told us anything, its that the sens which are the better team, just fal... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:20 pm
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| I'm 100% certain that they will see combat. Suicide for the enemy or not, that doesn't mean they won't be in the air and when they are, you can be damn sure they will get kills. Take the first Gulf War as an example. The air operations were run by an American aif force general, and so there was bias... |
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Forum: Medals Topic: [New Medal] Anyone interested in a Cadet Medal? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:17 pm
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Forum: Medals Topic: [New Medal] Anyone interested in a Cadet Medal? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:00 pm
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| I don't mind as I am an Air Cadet, but there's darn few cadets on here, so it seems kinda pointless. didn't know you were an air cadet. what squadron? how many hot chicks at your squadron. how many of them have flown yet, what have you done with them at summer camp, and how many at summer camp did ... |
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