90% BS and 10% substance. Typical intelligence insulting MAX-era Boeing hyperbole. F-15For maybe F-15G. It bothers me they didn´t go for F-15F. I understand when it´s about models sold to foreign air arms, like the F-15K, SG, SA, QA. That is basically a commercial name applied by the manufacturer. ...
Jump to postI don´t think it´s accurate to call the 737 a shrink of the 707. Only the fuselage diameter and the nose are the same. Everything else is different. It´s also incorrect to call the 727 a shrink of the 707 or the 737 a shrink of the 727. The fuselage is probably the easiest part of a plane to design....
Jump to postSmall hijack: who else than Germany still flies tornadoes regularly? I'm certain I saw one at decently low altitude where I live (South of France, near Canjuers) between fall and the start of winter. It was too fast and a bit too far away to see the emblems though. The Italian Air Force still has s...
Jump to posthttps://www.defensenews.com/congress/2021/03/05/ripping-f-35-costs-house-armed-services-chairman-looking-to-cut-our-losses/ I’m glad Germany made the right decision to not buy it but I feel sorry for the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway etc. who gave in to US pressure. I wonder why, if the F-3...
Jump to postIt is however a matter of taste. I find the new livery quite elegant and modern and, in my opinion, it makes the old livery look, well, old. It´s not an exciting livery for sure but it will remain modern for a long time, whereas the more intricate design tend to age quickly. Sure, LH could have done...
Jump to postAfter weeks of grey skies we´re finally having a sunny day in Berlin. And as I was looking up at that blue sky (trust me, it´s not a common sight in Berlin in winter) I noticed a plane flying high. Of course I immediately checked on FR24 and I was very suprised to find out that it´s an Aerolineas A...
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After weeks of grey skies we´re finally having a sunny day in Berlin. And as I was looking up at that blue sky (trust me, it´s not a common sight in Berlin in winter) I noticed a plane flying high. Of course I immediately checked on FR24 and I was very suprised to find out that it´s an Aerolineas Ar...
Jump to postFrankfurt could use another terminal. Frankfurt is already getting another Terminal, T3 is already under construction and will probably be finished right when traffic bumps back to 2019 levels As for CDG T4, was it supposed to be where right now is the low cost terminal, which I think it´s called T...
Jump to postHello everyone, I would like to ask a question regarding the naming of the F-15EX. I am sorry if it has been written before but I can´t get through all the posts and the search function is lacklustre at best Will the USAF call the new variant F-15EX? Or is this just Boeing´s commercial name like F-1...
Jump to postThe Leonardo AW149 seems to be the best match to replace the Bell 412SP. The AW149 is a militarized version of the AW139 but it´s also bigger than this. It has then been offered in a civil version, the AW189, which is currently the biggest of Leonardo´s own Helicopter portfolio. I am not familiar wi...
Jump to postI also believe their usefullness is very limited. I guess they are also not that cheap compared to used F-16s or MiG29 though probably cheaper to operate and maintain. I think there will be a very limited market for these light weight fighters, mostly from small Air Forces in Africa. But probably fo...
Jump to postWell, considering one of Orban's party founders just quit because he was caught on a gay sex orgy even the far-right rhetorists may eventually come to terms with gay rights. Jozsef Szajer: Hungary MEP quits after allegedly fleeing gay orgy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55145989 From your li...
Jump to postIf you are a member of the LGBT community and are thinking about travelling to Italy if/when this pandemic gets to a reasonable level of control, consider the following: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/italy-lgbt-new-law-debate Advice: if you are a foreigner fall ...
Jump to postThe C27 is a usefull tactical platform. If it would meet the requirements od WestEuropean airforces really depends on those requirement. https://i.imgur.com/9yc0C.jpg https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/defense_philippines/paf-medium-lift-fixed-wing-aircraft-acquisition-pr-t6111-s50.html The aircraft h...
Jump to postThe Italian Air Force might be interested in such a project. And neglect the C-27J Spartan as a result? The C-27J is much smaller than the C-130J. The ItAF has been operating both platforms for many years. I don´t think their commitment to the C-27J has finished. Leonardo has just introduced an upd...
Jump to postIf you are a member of the LGBT community and are thinking about travelling to Italy if/when this pandemic gets to a reasonable level of control, consider the following: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/italy-lgbt-new-law-debate Advice: if you are a foreigner fall ...
Jump to postThe Italian Air Force might be interested in such a project. The Italian Ministry of Defence has recently released a Document in which it outlines the planned investment for all branches of the Armed Forces in the near future and for the Air Force one interesting paragraph is the need for a C-130J r...
Jump to postBrought to you by the Company that claims to be a 5 Star Airline (5starhansa anyone?) Honestly, not a big deal in my opinion. Flying Y in Europe has been already for years the same as flying LCC. At least now there will be the chance to have actual food onboard. I have seen a pic of one of the propo...
Jump to postThe whole LH Group has been treating Berlin just like a spoke for their hubs. They have never really been interested in developing their presence in the capital, being it at TXL or BER. Let´s see once the crisis is over and traffic grows back to pre pandemic levels. LH will still be serving only FR...
Jump to postI dont understand why EW never succeeded in Berlin like it did in HAM,CGN,DUS,STR...Now with LCCs downsizing, is there any chance they can capture a bigger share of the BER market? And with AB gone couldnt they offer a longhaul LCC product out of Berlin to New York, MIA etc? One would think that TX...
Jump to postWhen I was there in 2016, Museum fur Verkehr und Technik had B717-458 4X-ATB marked as Lufthansa D-ABOC. Is it still there?. Yes, it´s still there. A former EL AL B707 who was also involved in some hijack episode. Boeing wanted to give LH a present for the delivery of LH´s 200th Boeing airplane. Si...
Jump to postIn videos and pictures, the airport looks indeed boring and banal. It reminds me of some of those old-fashioned main train stations in Germany with low-ceilings in the shop areas, like Köln or Düsseldorf. Berlin HbF seems much fancier and lighter than the new BER. I am not surprised of people in Be...
Jump to postOne would question the viability of MUC as intercontinental hub. Although the city is host to many blue chips company and the inhabitants are wealthy, it shows that when things go bad in the whole airline industry, MUC loses more long haul connections than FRA. In my opinion this shows that MUC was ...
Jump to postI went to TXL yesterday, to the visitor terrace on top of Terminal 1 (the original hexagonal one). It was a bitter sweet experience. There´s this atmosphere of end of an era, of "will the last one please turn the light off" feeling. Very little traffic, the highlight was QR 787 taking off....
Jump to postThis is why I don´t understand how the acquisition of, say, 60 F-35A to replace the Tornado IDS in the strike role, would undermine the development of the FCAS with France. If anything that would give the Luftwaffe and the German industry an insight in LO platform and systems. The fear is that the ...
Jump to postLOL, they’re targeting flying a demonstrator in 2026, and a 2040 EIS. Realistically, IOC for a squadron in Germany could happen around 2050, so any solution bought today is probably going to be close to worn out by the time that happens. This is why I don´t understand how the acquisition of, say, 6...
Jump to postHow would the F-106 have fared in 1970? Apparently it could fly higher and faster than the Phantom, which, among it's short-comings for the Vietnam conflict, was one reason why the USAF kept the units stationed with the US. Apparently it was the premier interceptor, and while being designed in the ...
Jump to postThe Topic Author hasn´t replied yet since he opened the thread but I think he was not referring to the original choice of legacy Hornet F/A-18A but to the platform to replace the F-111, which ended up being the F/A-18F. The discussione veered onto why the legacy hornet was chosen over F-15A, F-16 o...
Jump to postThe Topic Author hasn´t replied yet since he opened the thread but I think he was not referring to the original choice of legacy Hornet F/A-18A but to the platform to replace the F-111, which ended up being the F/A-18F. The discussione veered onto why the legacy hornet was chosen over F-15A, F-16 or...
Jump to postYou mean why Super Hornets F/A-18F instead of Strike Eagles F-15E? I guess the fact that the RAAF had already been operating legacy Hornets for decades contributed to the choice. Moreover the Super Hornet comes also as Growler, which the RAAF also acquired. Acquisition and operating costs are also p...
Jump to postI don´t know if it has been reported before, this thread being extremely interesting and rich of information but also very long, but as the Meteor been integrated on the F-35 or are there plans to? Integration on F-35? Has started.. https://www.mbda-systems.com/2019/03/18/work-starts-integrating-ne...
Jump to postI don´t know if it has been reported before, this thread being extremely interesting and rich of information but also very long, but as the Meteor been integrated on the F-35 or are there plans to?
Jump to postIn the final weeks of it's operation, we had a visitor to BA Concorde Engineering, an American guy who I showed around. He had grabbed one of the few remaining pax tickets and was flying back on it. In the cockpit, he had an amazing ability, with two arms, to take pics with a camera, record with th...
Jump to postBut can the F-16 actually reach Mach 2 operationally or just on test flights in clean configuration and with tanks half full? I´ve always read Mach 2,0 reported as max speed for the F-16 but that probably means theoretical in clean configuration, right? I know the ability to reach Mach 2 is not real...
Jump to postI remember seeing QF 747s at FCO when I was young. They looked so exotic, coming from so far away. And later, when I moved to Germany and I used to fly in and out of FRA, I recall seeing the QF 744s sitting all day at the remote parking stands, where now Terminal 3 is being built. They would arrive ...
Jump to postWhat I haven´t understood about this new FS is if there are differences between the PC and the Xbox version. A good Gaming PC or Laptop cost well above a 1000 Euros, more in the 1200/1300 euros range for Laptops, whereas a Xbox can be bought for less than 300 euros. Will the two versions be equally ...
Jump to postI wonder what is the political aspect of this selection. Finland is not part of NATO and it shares a long border with Russia. During Cold War Finland was neutral and used both soviet and swedish equipment (not sure if they ever had American or British combat assets before 1991). The F-18 were acquir...
Jump to postGermany surprised a few when they bought the Super Hornet. In that procurement there were a few outliers that really pointed to the Super Bug winning at least a portion of the order. Hard to see them going with the P-8. I can't imagine what the unions would do. Best option overall and gives you int...
Jump to postEveryone seems to forget my favourite underdog, the P-1. Loaded with all the disadvantages that have been discussed threadbare here and in other threads, but it's just so damn cool. The P-1 performed a flying display at the last ILA Air Show in Berlin, two years ago. It´s quite a nice compact machi...
Jump to postWould an ATR P-72 be a good choice?
The Italian Air Force chose it to replace the Atlantics. As far as I know it has good ASuW/ASW (albeit light) capabilities and it´s designed for littoral/EEZ patrol, which should be good enough for German Baltic ops.
Not forgetting that they ordered five 747-443s, they were picked up by Virgin Atlantic. They get no prizes for fleet planning! Yeah that was a weird one too. They were actually intended as part of the alliance with KLM, which already had a substantial Boeing 747-400 fleet. Then the alliance broke u...
Jump to postAt the same time that they were getting rid of the DC10s and 727s they were introducing used A300Bs from Easter Airlines, not even of the same subtype they got new from Airbus and I recall the ex EA machines being hangar queens and having different configurations even among them. The used A300s arr...
Jump to postThe DC10s weren´t the only models Alitalia got rid of in a short time. The 727s had the same fate. 18 Series -243Adv were introduced from 1976 onward only to be retired in the early 80s when the MD-80s entered service. At the same time that they were getting rid of the DC10s and 727s they were intro...
Jump to postMost of the european schedule will be resumed 01JUN as planned but some long haul don't have a slight of chance to happen FRA-GRU 5x weekly 748? FRA-MEX 3x weekly 343? FRA-BOM 3x weekly 333? I'd be surprised to see GRU happen with the current situation in Brazil. But GRU is already being served. I ...
Jump to postIt's actually Sikorsky, thank you very much. And once LM bought Sikorsky, the Sikorsky designs became LM designs. They bought the IP as part of the acquisition. W/r/t the Seahawk, while the airframe is a Sikorsky design, the electronic warfare systems are legacy LM. Nobody in their right mind would...
Jump to postThis is very focused on Lockheed Martin Aero. Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems produces the Black Hawk, Seahawk, S-92 and S-76 helicopters. That´s Sykorsky and it really has nothing to do with Lockheed other than the latter bought it few years ago. All those designs predates the takeover ...
Jump to postPresRDC wrote:This is very focused on Lockheed Martin Aero. Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems produces the Black Hawk, Seahawk, S-92 and S-76 helicopters.
I guess they see pretty much the same kind of information they have on the HUD. If I´m not wrong the F-35 doesn´t have a HUD because all flight and tactical information are displayed on the helmet visor, right in front of the pilot´s eye. With the advantage that he/she can turn the head to look out ...
Jump to postThe AMK seems to be such a limited modification but with an impressive effect on Flight characteristics. I don´t understand why it hasn´t been implemented. From the articles and the pictures it just seems to consist in modified leading edge root extension and fuselage strakes. It also looks like it...
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