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FFA P-16 film

Started by Weaver, January 21, 2010, 11:14:48 AM

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Weaver

Film of the Swiss FFA P-16 here, including rocket pack firing trials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgwZNwpXi4U&feature=fvw
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pyro-manic

Interesting! I haven't seen a "built-in" rocket pack like that before.
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And as a piece of particularly useless information, did you know the wing design of the P-16 was used on the first Lear Jet? The Model 25 I think....

I like the way there's one guy standing mere yards from the runway when it lands. These days the HSE would have collective heart failure!
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Weaver

Quote from: pyro-manic on January 21, 2010, 11:55:34 AM
Interesting! I haven't seen a "built-in" rocket pack like that before.

Vautour IIN had a similar setup. Now that wasn't a plane to get in front of: 4 x 30mm DEFA cannons, 104 x 68mm SNEB rockets and 4 x Matra R.510 AAMs. Anyone'd think they wanted to hurt someone.....:blink:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones