#4605573 - 08/10/22 05:07 AM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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#4605577 - 08/10/22 08:16 AM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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Amazing that such a small airframe can bear half as much again payload as the B-17 or British Mosquito!
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#4605583 - 08/10/22 10:39 AM
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Amazing that such a small airframe can bear half as much again payload as the B-17 or British Mosquito! Doesn't have the speed or range of either though. The B17 had a remarkably small payload for it's size, a B24's was 1/3 larger & a Lancaster's was nearly 4x.
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#4605596 - 08/10/22 02:19 PM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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Looks like a modified ag spray airplane.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4605623 - 08/10/22 09:01 PM
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#4605624 - 08/10/22 09:13 PM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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That is because it is - it's an Air Tractor. Thanks, could remember the name.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4605627 - 08/10/22 10:09 PM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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i know im biased to say but couldnt they just use the super tucano, i know you guys have some. replace ? it barely entered service
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#4605629 - 08/10/22 11:11 PM
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i know im biased to say but couldnt they just use the super tucano, i know you guys have some. replace ? it barely entered service It's been 20 years or so. Which is pretty scary when you think about it, especially comparing how many aircraft were produced in pretty much every other 20 year period.
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#4605741 - 08/12/22 04:41 AM
Re: America’s New Attack Aircraft; The Sky Warden
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i searched on this f-22 thing and i just found you guys made a new f-15EX that is better than f-22 because for whatever reason the avionics of f-22 couldnt be upgraded so its actually behind the fleet. WTH. also hard to believe f-15 is turning 50 already I find it even harder to believe that I am going to be 58 years old in less than 6 months. That and that the B-52 is slated to fly as a front line aircraft until at least 2050. Almost a full century after their maiden flight and almost 90 years since the last one was built. Wheels
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#4605771 - 08/12/22 10:58 AM
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That and that the B-52 is slated to fly as a front line aircraft until at least 2050. Almost a full century after their maiden flight and almost 90 years since the last one was built. Wheels Now that folks is the epitome of "taxpayer value".
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#4605831 - 08/12/22 08:33 PM
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