On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:58:35 +0200, "Peter Glasų" pgglaso @
broadpark.no wrote:
Apparently,the austrian politician Anton Gaal has quoted an article in Der
Spiegel,saying the eurofighter won't be allowed to take off in conditions
f -5 degrees celsius,or in fog.Sounds rather incredible - what may be the
reason for this? If it is true.
Its due to the Production Fighters having to do all the tests again to
gain certification, the development/initial production aircraft have
proved the aircraft can do it, and they have been certified to that
level, when the production fighters get some serious fog and rain they
will test them, and certify them.
IIRC One point is the speed claim - that they could only do 2000kmh
and not 2500kmh this seems a bit odd, the Typhoons were only ever
designed to do 2150kmh!!.
so the auditors do seem to have been misinformed/misguided/ and or
politically motivated.
Cheers
John Cook
Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All
opinions are mine, not TAFE's however much they beg me for them.
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