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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:36:35 GMT, R. David Steele
wrote: The F-35 is basically the same plane as the F-22. It has been modified to be a carrier aircraft. Huh? The F-35 is absolutely nothing like the F-22. The F-35 was not "modified" to be a carrier aircraft, it was DESIGNED AS a carrier aircraft. -- Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself" "Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today, Photo Features, Military FAQs, and more - http://www.hazegray.org/ |
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R. David Steele wrote:
The F-35 is basically the same plane as the F-22. It has been modified to be a carrier aircraft. Nonsense. The F-35 only has some cosmetic resemblance to the F-22. It was designed from the ground up as a carrier aircraft and is very different internally. The C-17 was marketed to commercial users with the government offering incentives. The plane has design elements for its military missions that make it less economical to operate in the civilian world that civil designs. What is its civilian reference. It used to be called the MD-17, and is now marketed as the BC-17X. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/pd/bc17x/index.html -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) |
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steele- Should we be thinking of using the FB-22 Raptor as a replacement
for the F/A-18 (and the F-14)? I know that the current F-22 was not designed to be heavy enough for naval use, but it could be re-engineered. They are planning to bring the FB-22 (bomber version that carries 30 2000 lbs bombs) online in the future. Why not upgrade it then? BRBR F35 better, cheaper, sooner and designed for shipboard use. Why not scrape the F-22, and replace it with F35? These things are 'expensive', to say the least. P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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steele- The F-35 is basically the same plane as the F-22. It has been
modified to be a carrier aircraft. BRBR Not quite.... P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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The F-35 is basically the same plane as the F-22. It has been
modified to be a carrier aircraft BRBR Then the F-17 was basically the same as the F/A-18..which it ain't either. P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Andrew- We already have a replacement for the F-14 in service - the
F/A-18E/F. The switch-over is well underway already. BRBR Saw lots of patches in the early 70s..'When you are out of F-8s, you are out of fighters', but the other one applies to the Turkey,' When you are out of F-8s(F-14s) it's no big thing'. P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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"R. David Steele" wrote in message ... |The Tomcat is gone quicker than you can think.... |There is a big push by CNO to axe the F-14 sooner than planned, like |now is too late...watch and see. | |The F/A-18 (I assume you mean the B/C/D models) already has a |replacement, E/F. I don't think you are following current Naval |Aviation very well. | |There is no need to replace the E/F Hornet, it will be pulling |fighter/CAP/FAC/Bomber/tanker etc. duties for the next 10 years. |Totally capable of performing all the above, with no current or future |enemy threat that can match it. Yes, I am aware that the E/F variants are the upgrade to the current F/A-18 and the F-14. However by the time the FB-22 is online, even those versions will be dated. Less dated than the F-22. You are not considering the F-22's two greatest flaws, the pre-96 Ada and the Mil-spec components. The entire procurement of the F/A-18E is a generation ahead of the F-22. Remember that we are planning for a war with China by the end of the decade. What is the ability of the Chinese aircraft. Non-sequitur. |
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Tony wrote: "R. David Steele" wrote in message ... They are planning to bring the FB-22 (bomber version that carries 30 2000 lbs bombs) online in the future. And to think that the B2 only carries 16 2000 lb bombs. Well then go one step further. B2N. Take one B2. put joints in the wings where they fold up like a F4U corsair. Put an arrestor hook on it. Doolittle would like it. Anyone want to photoshop a prototype up? Bob -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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R. David Steele writes: | They are planning to bring the FB-22 (bomber | version that carries 30 2000 lbs bombs) online in the future. | |Umm, not 30 x 2000 lb bombs. 30 x SDBs (small diameter bombs), that weigh |about 265 lbs each. Yes, I checked that out http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...raft/fb-22.htm | Also why not market the C-17 to the air freight community? | |Because the C-17 couldn't compete in the mainstream commercial air freight |business. Costs way too much when compared to 747s and such. From what I have read, the C-17 should be cost effective. After all the design costs are already paid for. And it is far less expensive to run than the C-5. But it it more cost-effective than the Il-76s and An-224s that are already in the market? Those have been already built & paid for. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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