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    At the time, electromagnetic catapaults were still a bit... that'll be nice. Someday. And it wasn't just the means of getting the aircraft off the carrier, it was the aircraft itself, the choice of which also included a proposed naval Typhoon... Today has been a good day for military aviation history buffs to have some fun:
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    I can't criticise too much, my government delayed an aircraft carrier because it couldn't decide if it should have catapaults or not... 🙂
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    I try. 😃 Though having been there, quite why Canada needs an air force in the first place baffles me, I've seen the mosquitoes in action... (er, the insects, not the Wooden Wonder), 😄
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    So, after a good degree of... um... thinking, Canada has decided on the F-35 as its CF-18 replacement. I presume they will be getting the F-35EH variant. 😉
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    Meanwhile, Loran Cehack is going "Now, wheres my dress...?"... 😄
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    Didn't Sayla Mass have a go at piloting the RX-78 once?
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    Oh, good grief, I had the original UK DVD release of that by... Kiseki? It was... lets just say, standards have improved. 😄 Article about the connection between "A-Ko" and another fan favourite from back in the day: https://www.zimmerit.moe/project-ako-urusei-yatsura-connection/ I got the "A-Ko" Blu-Ray the other day, its excellent. Haven't had time to go through the extras yet though.
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    Vaguely V-Gundamish to me...
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    Thats really nice! So... when are you doing a Typhoon...? 😉
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    Now Lego are doing "Star Wars" dioramas, I wonder if "Cloud City Dinner Invite" will be on the list of future products?
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    Thanks for confirming that. Would have been nice if they'd included something like the old board as well though.
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    I can't justify it, but I want this almost more than I want an actual time-travelling DeLorean...! Kind of a shame the hoverboard doesn't have studs to place a figure on but I guess thats partly because of the sticker and partly because its scaled to the car, not a figure?
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    Its a good breakdown, but they do seem to be under the impression that the F-15s are the STOL test type, rather than what are clearly a more futuristic variant designed for the movie (though undoubtedly with elements inspired by it).
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    Well, scratch that. New photos have emerged. The An-225 is gone.
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    New photos have emerged supposedly showing the An-225s tail sticking out of the hangar, though the hangar itself has been damaged at the front, so its just possible its not gone yet.
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    Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I did wonder as I didn't recall A-Kos father wearing a yukata in the first movie nor her mothers hair being as light as that. Now I know why!
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    Ah, somehow I've never noticed that (A-Kos Mums apron)! Like I said, every time I see it... 😃Theres also a bit of a clue in the paper her Dads reading too...
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    Was it a "Wonder Woman" shirt? I remember her looking like Diana Prince, but in my memory its an off-brand "Superman" logo. I could be wrong though, as I'm going completely from memory.
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    The weird thing about some of the Easter Eggs in A-Ko was that, at the time, I recognised some of them (the alien Captain being based on Harlock, for example) but it would be literally decades later before I saw the anime they were referencing! I only knew them because of articles in “Anime UK” magazine. The Captains drinking makes much more sense now I’ve actually seen “Captain Harlock”… 😃
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    Oh, hell, yes. Project A-Ko was one of the first "true" anime I saw, at a time when in the UK there were something like a total of three anime available - this, "Akira", and "Fist of the North Star" [1]. For a long time, it was THE standard by which I judged other anime, and I wore the VHS tape to death. It took a while to realise not all anime was of that quality. I also loved how on each re-watching I'd pick up another Easter Egg - A-Ko goes to school with Lum, for example... 😃 I have the DVD from some while back but didn't realise there was a Blu-Ray release. [1] Technically, there were some weird compilation tapes, various TV shows like "Battle of the Planets", and hybrids like "Mysterious Cities of Gold". And some mysterious people working out of a mythical place called Bangor doing something involving Bubblegum. Subtitled anime? That'll never catch on...
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    Military technology has always been this weird blend of cutting edge and yesterdays news, especially electronic wise. I suspect many non-military organisations are the same, you use what works as long as it does the job until its no longer practical or sustainable to do so. They'll get new deck cameras when a) they can no longer be maintained b) theres budget to do so and c) maybe when the ship next goes in for refit. Theres also d) which is any new system better not interfere with all the gazillion other things on the ship that might break if something changes.
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    I've heard that argument before, and I can see the validity of it, but... single engined birds still have to transit to other countries from time to time, and do so over long ocean journeys in some cases. I fully realise that the duty cycle of a jet that crosses the sea a few times during its career isn't the same as one that flies off a carrier all the time though. Its also been argued that one issue with the "Well, if you're damaged theory" is that the engines on most twin engine jets are still fairly close together, and you may well lose the second at the same time anyway (particularly with larger SAMs). And if you lose one engine over hostile territory far from the carrier, you still might not make it back, theres probably going to be other issues with your aircraft. Again, I don't have a particular investment in either camp, just thought it was an interesting one to ponder. I guess it also comes down to cost - yes, you've lost a valuable single engined aircraft, but is that more affordable than up to twice [1] the upkeep costs for the twin engines? [1] Its almost certainly not as simple as "two engines = x2 £££!". Economy of scale etc...
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    Part of it may also be the higher cost of aircraft forcing a lack of variety to a degree. The original intent of the LWF competition was that the winner - the F-16 - would also be the Navy choice, so in one possible timeline it might be that we'd find the concept of twin-engine naval fighters odd...
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    Just a thought - I wonder if this whole "twin engines on a navy fighter" thing is as big a deal as its made out to be? I know what I'm about to say isn't an exact comparison and I'm very much aware of the various differences, changed values, technical issues etc but during World War II virtually every carrier aircraft was single-engined. As were some of the early carrier jets, but I'm wondering if experiences with those early, much less reliable jets has coloured the thinking a little over the years. Someone did point out once that one argument against two engines is theres then twice as much that could possibly go wrong...
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    One solution thats been proposed is simply to blow it up. If theres something wrong with the F-35, theres been something wrong with every carrier aircraft ever made. Someone once said that you lose at least one aircraft on every carrier deployment; I don't know if thats entirely true but if this had been a F/A-18 it may well have not made headlines. Granted, its slightly concerning two have been lost off carriers from two different navies in recent months, but it doesn't sound like the incidents have related causes (after all, one was on take-off, not landing). And statistically speaking, a F-35 is more likely to be lost just because theres an increasing number of them in use (and from carriers, which is an inherently risky business to start with). It could be that its a flaw with the design, but unless the numbers start spiking up way more than would be expected in this type of operation, they probably don't need to be thinking about refurbishing some F2Gs just yet... 😀
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