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latest US NAVY F-14 development !

Started by Deino, January 23, 2005, 06:22:10 AM

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Deino

January 23, 2005, 06:22:10 AM
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I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one:
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods:
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
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W.H.Auden (1945

Swamphen

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January 23, 2005, 12:23:01 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2005, 12:23:54 PM by Swamphen
First it was a Red X...now it's showing! Go figure.

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John Howling Mouse

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January 23, 2005, 12:29:07 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2005, 12:30:22 PM by John Howling Mouse
I get the red "X" too... :(

Will check the link, though.

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Whup---now the image is there for me, too.
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Leigh

#3
January 23, 2005, 01:32:33 PM
So what is the third guy there to make the tea?

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Martin H

#4
January 23, 2005, 02:30:52 PM
well if it was Royal Navy, it would be one can read the other can count and the other guy is there to look after the egg heads.
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

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Tophe

#5
January 24, 2005, 10:46:45 AM
I love also the F-14 with a nose propeller... :wub:  
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Joe C-P

#6
January 25, 2005, 01:20:01 PM
That's the experimental EF-14G model - the third seat was for the electronics operator. It was to combine the capabilities of the F-4G and the EA-6B, though with some reduction in capability as a trade-off for multitasking.

Automation allowed the crew reduction from the four-person EA-6B, and using a fighter instead of a bomber allowed them to keep up with strike packages of F-14 Bombcats and F/A-18s. However it was dropped by Dick Cheney in an effort to add funds to the A-12 Avenger program, which we all know how it turned out.

JoeP
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elmayerle

#7
January 25, 2005, 02:37:39 PM
I keep thinking of the proposed "battlefield taxi" variants of the Harrier (P.1199-1 & -2) and the proposed three-seat training/transport variant of the Su-28.  Or one I once sketched up combining a T-38/F-5B front end with that of a F-5F to give a three-seat communications/courier aircraft.
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--Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin

Captain Canada

#8
January 25, 2005, 04:12:41 PM
Isn't it just a photoshop deal ?

You'd think a three seater would have some kind of odd markings....it's a good idea, tho !

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noxioux

#9
January 25, 2005, 05:13:53 PM
I'd kick the third guy out and use the space for a nice electric cooler full of frosty units of undisclosed malt beverage.  Then the second seat would then have to fill the role of EBC (emergency beverage container) Operator.

Swamphen

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January 25, 2005, 05:20:55 PM
Quotethe proposed three-seat training/transport variant of the Su-28.
Which one's the Su-28 again?  :huh:  

elmayerle

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January 25, 2005, 11:41:29 PM
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Quotethe proposed three-seat training/transport variant of the Su-28.
Which one's the Su-28 again?  :huh:
The Su-28 is the unarmed trainer version of the Su-25UB.
"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."
--Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin

Gary

#12
January 26, 2005, 09:40:59 AM
QuoteI'd kick the third guy out and use the space for a nice electric cooler full of frosty units of undisclosed malt beverage.  Then the second seat would then have to fill the role of EBC (emergency beverage container) Operator.
These are US Navy Pilots, they'd want a hooker there in the third seat...









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