This profile shot made the Alpha-Jet look a bit weird.

Vertical Chines? Canards? Air-brakes? WTF?

And that hambuger fork? Weird placement if they're pitots.
Maybe a .50 cal Slingshot?

Can anyone venture a guess? If needed, take another look at
Mitchell Holman's original post for a larger view.

Jess Lurkin > wrote in :

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> This profile shot made the Alpha-Jet look a bit weird.
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> Vertical Chines? Canards? Air-brakes? WTF?
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> And that hambuger fork? Weird placement if they're pitots.
> Maybe a .50 cal Slingshot?
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> Can anyone venture a guess? If needed, take another look at
> Mitchell Holman's original post for a larger view.
>

Jess Lurkin > wrote in :

> Jess Lurkin > wrote in :
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>> This profile shot made the Alpha-Jet look a bit weird.
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OK, it looks like they are airbrakes, but smaller versions
than the hardened military versions I found on google. I
guess weight differential determined size.

BUT - couldn't find any other image of the hamburger fork.

On 03/11/2014 19:54, Jess Lurkin wrote:

>> This profile shot made the Alpha-Jet look a bit weird.
>> Vertical Chines? Canards? Air-brakes? WTF?
>> And that hambuger fork? Weird placement if they're pitots.
>> Maybe a .50 cal Slingshot?
>>
They are indeed airbrakes in your blue box. The yellow oval shows the
rams that have pushed them out. I'll now look for a pic of them here.

On 04/11/2014 19:10, RustY © wrote:
I'll now look for a pic of them here.
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And, here is one showing the brakes deployed.

On 04/11/2014 19:17, RustY © wrote:
> On 04/11/2014 19:10, RustY © wrote:
> I'll now look for a pic of them here.
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> And, here is one showing the brakes deployed.
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And a better shot.........

On 04/11/2014 19:26, RustY © wrote:
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> And a better shot.........

And here's one of those actual Alpha Jets in that rather strange ASAS
colour scheme.
From WIKI
The Asas De Portugal (Wings of Portugal) is a flight demonstration team
created in 1977 integrated with Esquadra 103 (103 Squadron) of the
Portuguese Air Force. They are Portugal's national aerobatic flying team
and fly two ex-Luftwaffe Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet. Their
colour scheme is very dramatic and colourful and displays can often be
compared to the syncro pair from the Patrouille de France.