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Across to Tighnabruiach, down to Rothesay then back up over Greenock. And back to earth an hour before an almighty thunderstorm kicked off...

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I suppose they needed somewhere to empty the in-flight toilets :D ;)

Very nice, lucky you got down before the thunder. It was a bit spectacular :shocked: :shocking:

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I have just been told that he is moving out of intensive care tomorrow :)

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Thats good news Swoop and good to know he is getting better.

Chris, your trip in that aircraft looks amazing. Hope you had a great time. :tu:

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Certainly did Halcyon :tu: BTW, forgot, the info for those that want it ... the seaplane is a Cessna 208 Caravan. :)

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As used around the world as a short haul workhorse. Great little high capacity turboprob

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I'm not really into plane spotting but i came across this website

http://www.flightradar24.com/

You can track planes etc (sorry if its already been posted)

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It has been posted before along with http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

Flightradar is the most upto date one but comparing it against the realtime mode-S and mode A/C tracking it is still a bit lagged.

I use planeplotters with a small MicroADSB receiver. This also allows me to plot military and small civil aircraft and the MLAT capability of planeplotters will even plot positionless aircraft based on receive times from all the sharing stations.

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Well it certainly did alright by us :tu:

There were 10 on board including the pilot, and there was luggage space at the back as well (not being used when we were on board, but the company does run scheduled flights from the centre of Glasgow, using the Clyde as a runway, to Oban and the western isles).

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For those of you who are interested in the Super Guppy, a restoaration of the one at Bruntingthorpe is underway.
It will never fly again but will be in better condition than it currently is.

http://www.superguppy.co.uk/

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That's fantastic to hear. Fond memories of seeing this fly into Hawarden in the late 70s/early 80s when I was in primary school. Tha aircraft it's based on is an awesome piece of engineering on it's own.

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Is it me or is it windy today???

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14906539

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Pah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2PwB5QCISQ

And yes it was a woman :D

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If that was RyanAir, I bet the passengers would have been charged extra for the "Rollercoster" landing experience. That'll be £10 please, thank-you. Next - £10 please, thank-you...next...£10 please, thank-you....etc

That's good piloting skills to nail it and get it back in the air....no doubt they train for hours to do that to make it look easy.

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You've only seen strong winds when you see a 747 flighing almost sideways on final approach.

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I've been in a 747 approaching Schiphol sideways :D you know that when you can see the left side of the runway from a right hand seat window!!!

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Crosswind 747:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnL4KYVtDE


Plenty of wind on this approach:

http://youtu.be/a5bbulIZTCg

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It was probably more windy in the plane after that

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P-51 mustang crash at the Reno Air races, crashed into the stands killing a number of spectators :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14957437

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History of the plane involved

http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/10/...turns-to-reno/

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Looks like it was failure of the elevators :(

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines...130007898.html

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/09/35.jpg
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/09/36.jpg

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I think I've been in a plane with this pilot :shocked:

Or was it just turbulence?


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c92_1316199661

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LOL, nicely staged :clap:

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The Royal Netherlands Airforce are trialling a new combat aircraft...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...20aircraft.avi

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LOL Taf :) was nearly like no way the Dutch airforce would never buy anything that advanced.

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A Boeing 707 E3 Sentry doing Touch and Go's at RAF Brize Norton yesterday lunch time for around 2 hours.


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/09/14.jpg



https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/09/15.jpg

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Just had 4 helicopters (single followed by two more about 500 meters behind and then followed by another one again about 500 meters behind) go overhead.. Must be going to Helitech at Duxford..

Through the bins one had an orange rear engine cover on it.. So quite identifiable

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We just had a UFO fly over at very low altitude (I reckon 800 feet). A four-prop job with a high tail in camo.

A400M ?

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For the aviation enthusiasts. Not sure how many places are left but worth a look:

http://www.monarch.co.uk/offers/flig...iasts-day-trip

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Yep the a400m was around at that time :tu:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15135716

A lucky escape

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That's actually not a bad price..

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Eek! :shocked:

http://gizmodo.com/5844628/a-passeng...f-a-dumb-pilot

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Would rudder trim cause such a severe roll also the alerts wouldn't the alerts have gone crazy??

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Some people take the hobby a bit too far ;) Looks great though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4NcTnQedo

New article for it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-airport.html

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A ride with the Blue Angels


Looks like fun!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=700_1319229484&p=1

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This Iran Air aircraft seems to be missing something, but the pilot does a great job anyway.

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video...vliegtuig-9554

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A true hero.

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http://avherald.com/h?article=444b62b9&opt=0

http://avherald.com/img/iran_b722_ep...n_111018_1.jpg

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Boeing 767 wheels up landing at Warsaw airport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209

Safe landing..... 230 people on board

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Looks like another Red Arrows incident, this time an ejector seat issue on the ground

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104

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From the pictures of the smashed canopy it looks like one of the zero-zero seats has fired.. They're reporting a serious injury

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Pilot has died. :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104

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May he R.I.P

It just shows how dangerous it is and the risks they take everyday to entertain us with there incredible skill.

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RIP :( Not a good year for the red arrows :(

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IWM Duxford is having a free open day on Rememberance Sunday

http://beta.iwm.org.uk/events/remembrance-sunday

:clap:

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All non-essential RAF aircraft with Mk10 ejector seats have been grounded.. This points towards an ejector seat malfunction for the recent red arrows fatality

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15655865

On a private forum Scampton staff are suggesting that the parachutes failed after the ejection.. (no public link I'm afraid)

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Is an ejector seat even supposed to work when the aircraft is on the ground?

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Zero-Zero seats are designed to work at zero altitude and zero speed to combat stuff like engine fires at start-up. They though do have to be armed first which normally happens once the pilot is sat and belted in..

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Ah. Cheers for that.

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Pilot now named

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15655865

RIP Red5 Flt Lt Sean Cunningham

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440

I won't add anymore..It's fascinating reading.:)

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The video to it is great as well, watched it this morning

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Think of the guys family for god sake! The canopy impact caused the fatal injuries Stop making things up.

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So what you're saying is that the seat itself which is designed to break through the canopy whilst restraining the pilot somehow didn't beat the pilot to the canopy????

Latest reports from various newspaper sites Oh dear yet another one of your "lets try to get one over on Kymmy" times .. and yet another failure..again...... Surprised you used such a solemn time for such an attempt.. shame on you..

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For the techies amongst us if you want to know more about the Mk10 Martin-Baker ejection seat complete with details about it "through canopy" style and the fact that it not a "canopy jettison" action then here's the link..

http://www.martin-baker.com/products...ts/Mk--10.aspx

Although this ended in tragedy it is noted that ejection seats have saved 7364 lives since their introduction.

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Try getting your facts right for once.:rolleyes:

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Its a shame 2 brave pilots of the red arrows lost in what less than 6 months. Failure of the parachute is in my opinion a criminal investigation as you could class it as murder

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I think that failure of the parachutes is just a symptom of the main cause..

The seats fired unintentionally which means that the firing mechanism might have been the only item to activate, the drogue and main chute might not have activated if the current theory amongst the RAF techs is correct in that the seat control unit itself failed :(

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This is a pretty good site to have a look around, choose which hangar to have a look in and have a virtual tour around the museum. Albeit the us airforce, its still very good.
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.html

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You have as much chance as i have of winning the lottery and i don't do the lottery

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Did anyone else watch How to build: A super Jumbo Wing on BBC2 on Sunday?

I've never worked on anything that big and was surprised at how tight a tolerance they work to involving such a large part with that amount of flex.. An amazing program for those interested or involved in aviation or even just engineering.. Last two programs are from McLaren and EADS (next Sunday and the Sunday after)

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I saw that as well, and I've seen the tech manuals and in some case the tolerances are several thousandsth of an inch.

Airbus (who build the A380) is a part of EADS

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Would I be corrrect in assuming the drogue and main chute are designed to trigger at an altitude lower than the aircraft's at time of deployment to avoid the possibility of becoming entangled in the fuselage during descent? if so then that would explain it as when you're at a height of 0AGL then there isn't much room for a negative. It would also explain the minimum safe deployment height AGL to allow for full canopy opening.

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Sorry I meant ESA, the third program is about a satellite.

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The drogue should deploy at roughly the apogee of the seats flight... The drogue then pulls the parachute and the pilot free from the seat before descent (the seat has lateral speed as well at this point which is enough to act on the drogue). The seats trajectory is set to allow enough separation of the seat to aircraft so not to allow the pilot to land on top of the plane even at zero speed.

Full timeline for the Mk10 is as follows

Again from the unofficial sources the control box that sequences the above events might have failed causing the unintentional firing of the rockets and nothing else.

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Unusual takeoff technique


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f4_1321461076

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Wind or jetwash?

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Very, very, very lucky.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15848886

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very brown trouser time :D

Helicopter Crash Caught Live On Internet
 

One very lucky man....
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16115780

Horrified internet viewers in New Zealand have seen live pictures of a helicopter becoming entangled in cables and crashing to the ground.

The chopper was helping install a giant Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront when its blades appeared to catch cables attached to scaffolding causing it to break up about 25ft above ground.
The dramatic footage was filmed by TV New Zealand and was being broadcast live on their website.
The B2 Squirrel helicopter's tail is seen breaking up, causing the rest of the aircraft to spin round and crash.

The pilot was seen being thrown around the cabin but incredibly he survived and walked away from the scene with the help of two workmen involved in the project.
He is now receiving medical attention in hospital but is believed to have avoided serious injury.
The TV station named him as Greg Gribble, saying he has 20 years flying experience.
Speaking to TVNZ his son Jazz Gribble said he spoke to his father shortly after the crash and he was "shaken but doing reasonably well".
The Civil Aviation Authority is now investigating the accident.

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Yes l saw this on Breakfast news this morning and its a absolute miracle that there were no serious injuries or fatalaties but l am amazed that the helicopter was so close to the cables in the first place.

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I've posted a few times about the low flying of aircraft over/near the village whether it be military or civilian (especially stuff from Duxford) well for once I managed to grab a pic to show how low (and this one isn't the lowest!!)

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1322130881

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Although no expert on these things you think sometimes a accident is waiting to happen with them flying so low and in populated areas as well.

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Whoever said it was over a populated area??? The village ends there so they're doing a banking turn round the outside of the village.. Spectacular to see..

We also have them doing low runs over the allotments at even lower heights :D

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'Jet Man' Flies In Formation Over Alps

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16118490A self-styled "jet man" has performed another death-defying stunt - flying alongside two Albatross aircraft above the Swiss Alps.

Adventurer Yves Rossy flew in a custom-built jet suit over the mountain range in formation with the aircraft.
Rossy, 51, launched himself from the side of a helicopter before taking his place alongside the two jets high above the Alps.

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That must be an amazing experience.

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Had a chinook flying over my office in rushden at about 25 meters high was quite noisey and you did feel the critter

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F-22 Raptor still having serious problems...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,3566553.story

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The media report against the defence report is interesting reading

http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=8568683&c=AME&s=AIR

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The full report actually also takes into account attire (NVG & cold weather gear) and difficulty in activating the emergency oxygen supply...

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This looks impressive:

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2011/prod...-grumman-x-47?

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Yes its certainly very impressive.

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And will be leading the way when Skynet goes AI ;)

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I know it's probably a repeat but Channel 5 has "Worlds scariest plane landings" on tonight at 8:00pm

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Phantom Gate Guardian to return to its former base:
Link

Unfortunately 'restored' doesn't seem to mean to flying condition. There is an F-4D flying in the USA, but it would be nice to see one over here.

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An excellent IMAX HD film to watch in full screen.

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video...lag-imax-10304

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Excellent :clap:

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If anyone has downloaded Alaska wing men S2E03 there's some crazy flyers in there using light aircraft to spot herring shoals for the short Alaskan daily fishing seasons.. In a 1 mile area there must have been about 20 boats and a dozen light aircraft :shocked:

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Pipistrelle bats? ;)

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You know I meant boats :p:

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Heres a in-flight problem that will ruin you trousers.

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Dam open office it had deleted all the pictures, sorry guys I'll redo this using Word and re upload.

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Not a plane, but watch the video first

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16176212

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Chengdu, China, 26 February 2012 – A very nice video of this year's 7th and 8th test flight of the China's fifth generation Chengdu J-20 'Black Eagle' stealth fighter. On the video the aircraft performs low altitude passes, vertical climbs etc.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1a4_1330379611

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If it's anything like the J-10/Typhoon comparison it'll be a poor cousin to the Raptor. I believe there's no thrust vectoring and the stealth rating isn't as good with a lot higher radar return

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Not really plane spotting but the factory that built the Lancaster has finally closed...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-17234626

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Off to heathrow (terminal one) tomorrow.

Now I did promise Peter I'd show him some planes.... Is there some kind of observation deck there or something?

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Important information for those who go to the airports to see/photo the planes.

I have been told that Stansted Airport is having a restricted view, and have to go to designated areas and I believe you have to go via clubs.

I guess this will apply to other UK airports.

This is around the olympics and I don't now how long.

If you are going there, call the airports info line.

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I remember going as a child with my Dad to the viewing area at Terminal one many years ago. Unfortunately it closed after IRA bombings on the UK mainland.

Link

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Cheers :) - I will see what I can do when I get there. Have to go as we are dropping off someone for a flight anyway.

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it might be a "poor" showing but it will be better than most of its neighbors in that area (okay ignoring South Korea and Japan)

From looking at the video it might not be the most agile of fighters but from reading on Wiki about it it might be more classed as a light bomber or Awacs killer.

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Our carrier strategy seems to be in a bit of a mess...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17233867

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In 2007 there was reports of possibly using a modified Typhoon. It would be a lot cheaper than the JSF with better capabilities. They were already modifying the carriers for catapults and arrestors so it broadens the range of aircraft that can be used. I wonder if anything ever came of the possible mods?

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kimmy as far as i know that has been ditched as it failed in a bid for the Indian navy carriers air wing