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Old 03-03-2012, 21:04   #601
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner

Just because the Indian Navy went for the cheaper Rafale it doesn't mean that it couldn't be developed for the UK carriers.. I know that I'd rather have a carrier based typhoon than a F-35 or the Rafale
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Well the rafale is pretty decent but wouldn't mind the carrier version of the gripen either
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Old 04-03-2012, 15:16   #603
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner

Only reason why India went for the Rafale over the Typhoon is costs.. They're already running Mirage 2000's and there's a lot of cross-over in tech/training/etc..

That's one of the reasons as to why the Tyhoon would be a great choice for the navy (with the other being that it's far more capable than the Rafale) in that in terms of current training/tech/longterm costs a carrier version would not only be capable but also workable/affordable in the long term.
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I saw this coming in today on Mode S.. I wasn;t though aware of why it was here until I read this great story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-17271619
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I saw this coming in today on Mode S.. I wasn;t though aware of why it was here until I read this great story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-17271619
Ah Mode S bring back memorys of programming the proms in them
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Recently even the typhoons are using Mode S.. Great tracking them.. (as well as H47/H64/Pumas/Police Helis/etc...etc..etc... )
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My work was with the radar stations
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Software I've got even tracks the beams based on the rotations and pings from the known aircraft positions and then uses that to track unknown pings
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If any of you are near East Midlands, the Formula 1 747 charters are coming in on Friday so good time to head up if you want to spot:

Cargolux B747-800F (Arr: 09:25 Dep: 11:25)

Cargolux B747-400F (Arr: 13:35 Dep: 15:25)

Air France Cargo B744 (Arr: 16:30 Dep: 19:30)

Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-400F (Arr: 20:05 Dep: 22:05)
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Do you have the hex codes for the aircraft?
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Sorry, nope.... thats all I have.
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Our carrier strategy seems to be in a bit of a mess...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17233867
Looks the STOVL F35 might be back on the cards...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17437272
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner

Our carrier strategy is in less of a mess than the BBC article that tried to explain it ... What an awful, garbled piece of journalism that was. Why the hack couldn't just stick with the common Type-A, Type-B, Type-C convention widely used over many years for the Conventional, STOVL and carrier variants of the F35 is beyond me.
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They're stupid if they go back to the f-35B variant.. the weight addition and reduced payload/range/agility and the distinct lack of super cruise is really bad.. Most of the industry experts have suggested that this so called 5th Gen fighter is nothing of the sort..
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Amazing video of an Apache out of control..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17481023
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