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Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 09:43
by Airspeed
Tried sending this last night, but we had a thunderstorm and the modem wouldn't reconnect.
How about an anagram of that, Joe?....
Angula
Suits the shape
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 10:12
by Dev One
Keith
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 20 Jul 2018, 10:18
by airboatr
Anagram, Mike?
. I don't even have twetter . or fakebook
Oh Paul...
I found some preliminary tow rope test results.. .it's not being done with a Laguna yet... but they could work their up to one.
https://youtu.be/3zzdzZxgbsE
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 12:59
by SkippyBing
Airspeed wrote: ↑18 Jul 2018, 05:44
I quoted this, above:
"....ensuring the UK's continued leadership in fighter technology......"
I'm watching the headlines to see if he says that he "mis-spoke"
Don't see why he would, the UK is a major player in the Typhoon programme which is still developing and cutting edge, and also played a not insignificant part in the F-35 programme. For example it was UK research with the VAAC Harrier that led to the F-35Bs control logic which makes the aircraft simplicity to fly unlike its predecessor, this has in turn been fed into the F/A-18 to make carrier landings simpler.
Not to mention the continual upgrades to in service aircraft.
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 17:45
by Paul K
airboatr wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 10:18
Anagram, Mike?
. I don't even have twetter . or fakebook
Oh Paul...
I found some preliminary tow rope test results.. .it's not being done with a Laguna yet... but they could work their up to one.
https://youtu.be/3zzdzZxgbsE
Good grief, how much did Citroen pay the French navy to do that ?!
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 18:00
by Bjoern
Hellooooo, 21st century TSR2!
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 21 Jul 2018, 18:32
by FlyTexas
Paul K wrote: ↑21 Jul 2018, 17:45
airboatr wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 10:18
Anagram, Mike?
. I don't even have twetter . or fakebook
Oh Paul...
I found some preliminary tow rope test results.. .it's not being done with a Laguna yet... but they could work their up to one.
https://youtu.be/3zzdzZxgbsE
Good grief, how much did Citroen pay the French navy to do that ?!
Brian
Re: UK unveils New Tempest Aircraft
Posted: 22 Jul 2018, 04:17
by Airspeed
Thanks for that, Skippy.
Maybe I don't read enough current news, but to me, as I said earlier, this seems to be a well-kept secret.
Britain doesn't exactly push themselves to the front of the news in this respect.
I stand humbly corrected.