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Hawk 200s from test units

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Iranian F-14A

October 16, 2006, 06:48:21 PM
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Jennings

#1
October 16, 2006, 07:23:32 PM
Now why on earth would a USAF airplane need one of those phallic looking things sticking up out of the nose?  Any self-respecting USAF type would have a boom recepticle on it.  I think the last USAF airplane with a boom was the prototype A-7D back in about 1967! :)

J

PS:  Nice!
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rallymodeller

#2
October 16, 2006, 07:36:56 PM
Nope -- the last F-105 was retired in the Eighties, and they had both styles of IFR device.

Nice profiles! More to think about...
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Iranian F-14A

#3
October 16, 2006, 07:38:14 PM
Thats true,but I was thinking the AT-45D would make for a nice replacement for the A-37B Dragonfly (NA-37B Dragonfly in USAF Test units).In that respect,probbley be better off in South Korean or Honduras markings.
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elmayerle

#4
October 16, 2006, 09:23:53 PM Last Edit: October 16, 2006, 09:51:15 PM by elmayerle
QuoteNow why on earth would a USAF airplane need one of those phallic looking things sticking up out of the nose?  Any self-respecting USAF type would have a boom recepticle on it.  I think the last USAF airplane with a boom was the prototype A-7D back in about 1967! :)

J

PS:  Nice!
???  Jennings, that's simply a flight test boom for pitot-static data and both pitch and yaw data, a common sight on testbed aircraft.  They're used because they can be calibrated rather more accurately and with greater sensitivity than the aircraft's standard systems.  *chuckle* I should know, I've had to deal with the equivalent installation on the first FSD F-35 as part of the equipment installation work I do.
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Jschmus

#5
October 16, 2006, 09:37:10 PM
An American Hawk wouldn't be armed with ASRAAM, either.  The AFFTC markings are little more red, too.

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Damian2

#6
October 17, 2006, 08:36:59 AM
:wub:

Cool schemes! I demand more!! please?
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AeroplaneDriver

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October 17, 2006, 09:53:32 AM Last Edit: October 17, 2006, 09:53:59 AM by AeroplaneDriver
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QuoteNow why on earth would a USAF airplane need one of those phallic looking things sticking up out of the nose?  Any self-respecting USAF type would have a boom recepticle on it.  I think the last USAF airplane with a boom was the prototype A-7D back in about 1967! :)

J

PS:  Nice!
???  Jennings, that's simply a flight test boom for pitot-static data and both pitch and yaw data, a common sight on testbed aircraft.  They're used because they can be calibrated rather more accurately and with greater sensitivity than the aircraft's standard systems.  *chuckle* I should know, I've had to deal with the equivalent installation on the first FSD F-35 as part of the equipment installation work I do.
Evan's going to feel a bit silly when he takes a second look at the Edwards Hawk.   :o

Nice profiles.  I like the two seat USAF model best.  Somehow you would think a two-seat 200 would look remarkably like a 100, but that radome really makes it look different.  I like it!

As for the ASRAAM...well this is the whif world, and IIRC the ASRAAM was evaluated before the AIM-9X was chosen, and this is a test bird...so...?
So I got that going for me...which is nice....

Ollie

#8
October 17, 2006, 10:04:39 AM
Please be bored more often.

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Iranian F-14A

#9
October 17, 2006, 08:20:52 PM
Got bored again tonight,so heres what I did.Not a Hawk,but built by the same company.
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Archibald

#10
October 18, 2006, 12:17:43 AM
This is not a whatif! Before having AV-8B, Spain had AV-8A (similar to the GR.3 you drawn) and they were named Matador... well, it was the Spanish Navy, and they are now operating in Thailand from the Shakri Nerubet (poor ship I scorched the name so much :unsure: )  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Mossie

#11
October 18, 2006, 03:13:05 AM
I think the colour schemes a whiff though, can't remember seeing that one, Spanish AV-8's have always been light grey IIRC.
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lancer

#12
October 18, 2006, 04:44:30 AM
It's also a wiff in regards to the type as well. The Spanish brought the AV8-A. This is a GR3. the AV8-A did not have the built in laser designator nose. All that aside, it's a damm nice looking profile, looks nice in that Spanish cammo scheme.  
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elmayerle

#13
October 18, 2006, 08:34:01 AM
QuoteEvan's going to feel a bit silly when he takes a second look at the Edwards Hawk.
*laughs at himself* Well, yeah. :D  I'll plead tiredness after my first day back at work after being out with an illness for two weeks.

(At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it :D )
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Jennings

#14
October 18, 2006, 12:24:12 PM
QuoteNope -- the last F-105 was retired in the Eighties, and they had both styles of IFR device.

Nice profiles! More to think about...
Probes were deactivated and removed after Vietnam however.  Huns carried them until they left the inventory in 1979.  I believe that was the last active a/c with a useable probe in the USAF.

:)

J
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