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    Between this, No Mans Sky, Destiny and Elite: Dangerous - among a number of others - its beginning to look like "Space" is the new "Zombies".
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    Wait - "D-Day Invasion Stripes" on the Typhoon? Did we fall out with France again or something?! I saw one take-off when I was very young; the overwhelming impression I got was that theres a certain point during the take-off climb where you can actually see gravity trying to snatch it back...
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    Also, if it is flyable, its worth pointing out that this is a sub-scale technology demonstrator and not a full size fighter prototype (this has caused some confusion on some other aviation forums, even after it was pointed out its not full size!).
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    Someone at BAE Systems has been watching a little too much Yukikaze recently, I think... http://io9.com/the-british-military-is-designing-a-real-life-transform-1602416110 Its nice to see someone thinking a bit outside the box, though that whirring sound you hear is R.J. Mitchell spinning in his grave at the thought of BAE having been the company which "under other names, designed the famous Supermarine Spitfire".
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    Er... how did they miss "Everyone dies"?
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    Look, just as long as you get forty or so Bs out the door so that we can have a Fleet Air Arm again, I don't care if theres as many variants as there are recolours of the RX-78...
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    When the Tornado entered service, it had some teething problems. The Tornado programme had started as "The Multi Role Combat Aircraft". Some wag re-jigged that to "Must Refurbish Canberras Again!". Hmm, a multi-purpose fighter aircraft with early development troubles. What does that remind me of?
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    Thanks for the pictures, a friend of mine attended the same event. I've actually flown (as a passenger) in a de Havilland Dragon Rapide like the one in your shots. Definitely a different era of passenger flight - when boarding, they warn you not to put your foot in certain places on the wing - lest you step through it! - and something that you don't really think about until you get in one is that its a tail-sitter. Kind of odd being vertically inclined before you've even started climbing!
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    Actually, I sort of like it. But I suspect being that me being a chap, fellow or bloke might have something to do with that,,,
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    Damn it, Bandai, you promised!
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    I think the radar check call on the B2s is my favourite...
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    If you're all fed up with the SR-71 groundspeed check story, or the aircrew/mechanic fault/response list, heres a link to some aviation-related funny stories, some of which are familiar and some of which are new (at least to me): http://www.businessballs.com/airtrafficcontrollersfunnyquotes.htm
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    "Black Mirror" was a Channel 4 (U.K. broadcaster) production, and are probably best described as a series of what used to be called "teleplays"; they were written by Charlie Brooker, who is a well known T.V. personality here (mostly as a commentator on the media, particularly T.V. - imagine a very grumpy John Stewart and you're halfway there). I think theres been a second series of three since.
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    Wouldn't be the first time...
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    Okay, thanks for that David.
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    Theres been some discussion about the UK acquiring the P-8 to fufill the maritime patrol gap left by the retirement of the Nimrod; looking at pictures of the P-8 the thing that struck me is that it seems to have an absolutely massive rudder. I know the P-8 is based on the 737 and that appears to have a similar-size rudder, but I'm not overly familiar with civil airliners, so is a rudder that size unusual? Is there a reason for it? Or is it just a trick of perspective?
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    Yes, he did - sorry, I missed it when I originally posted.
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    Supposedly its for a movie, rather than a special operations mission or such. Of course, that could just be the cover story... Anyone else notice that one of those jets on deck has a rather familiar logo on the rudder...?
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    If he actually could handle the liquor, I would raise a toast to the hardest anime character of all time, Chirico Cuvie...
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    Actually, there were proposals for a naval version of the ATF competition winner - not sure about the YF-23, but the projected naval F-22 would have had swing wings...
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    Regards Nina and Gato, she didn't remember him because like the Battle of Solomon, he probably wasn't actually there...
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    Noyhauser, thanks for the additional detail on the F-16 air-to-ground development.
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    I think its a little unfair to call out the F-35 for being too stuffed with technology - many cutting edge aircraft throughout aviation history probably seemed "too advanced for their time". The Supermarine Spitfire had an extremely troubled production history, to the point where the whole project was nearly cancelled - before The Battle of Britain. The Me-262s engines were very unreliable. I was going to mention the F-111, but that example actually probably just adds fuel to the fire... Even the F-16 had engine problems and a bit of a rethink needed about the idea of a control stick that didn't move at all...
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    The usual story about the F-16 is that it was originally designed as a "pure" dogfight machine; simple radar, WVR missiles, a gun, high agility etc. It was supposed to "make up the numbers" compared to the high-end F-15s and F-14s. Obviously, however, they wanted foreign sales and started shopping it around Europe, and the trouble in Europe is that it rains about 75% of the year... So the various European customers, who were also looking to replace various aging aircraft, demanded a better all-weather capability, which is sort of how the F-16 wound up being used more as a bomb truck (this is probably a great simplification, but like I say its how the story is usually told). Regards the F-35, I would also like to know if other countries aircraft programmes have similar problems. The PAK-FA and J-20 can't work perfectly straight out the box, surely, not given that pretty much every new aircraft programme has hiccups somewhere along the way? I do wonder if part of the issue is just that the F-35 is a product of the information age, and is just getting much more attention than any other previous development programme because of it...
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    "What do you mean, I went too far, sir?"...
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