Lovable Modern Aircraft- Dornier Alpha Jet

[Rob[_6_]]

http://www.geraldstutz.de/uploads/pics/Kaufbeuren010.jpg

Rob

[Rob[_9_]]

On Oct 8, 1:36*pm, Juergen Nieveler >
wrote:
> Rob > wrote:
> >http://www.geraldstutz.de/uploads/pics/Kaufbeuren010.jpg
>
> That and the BAe Hawk probably are the most beautiful REAL fighters of
> the cold war.
>
> The Alpha Jet and Hawk weren't only trainers - in case of the big one,
> they'd have been used as CAS and helo killers, hunting Hinds by Mk1
> eyeball with guns.
>
> --
> Juergen Nieveler

I always admired the Fantrainer too:
http://airventure.de/ila2004/ILA_04_RFB_Fantrainer.jpg

Rob

[Rob Arndt[_2_]]

On Oct 9, 11:06*am, Juergen Nieveler
> wrote:
> Rob > wrote:
> > I always admired the Fantrainer too:
> >http://airventure.de/ila2004/ILA_04_RFB_Fantrainer.jpg
>
> Interesting concept, but of course "cost savings" and "Jet trainer"
> didn't mix all that well in the 80s. You saved costs by axing projects
> - and reallocated them to politically more apropriate stuff (i.e. stuff
> from companies that donated more to your campaign)
>
> I actually saw one in flight at an airshow in Moenchengladbach in 1983,
> when it was still thought of as an idea whose time had come:http://picasaweb.google.com/juergen.nieveler/FlugtagMonchengladbach#5...
> 5814335783298
>
> (Pardon the poor picture quality - I was only 10 back then...)
>
> --
> Juergen Nieveler

I wonder if the EADS Mako will ever sell as trainer???
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mako/images/eads_mako_10.jpg

I also love the Aermacchi M346:
http://www.airshowactionphotography.com/paris05/_PSR045web.jpg
http://www.airshowactionphotography.com/paris05/_PSR041web.jpg

Beautiful plane :)

Rob