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    Sequester has led to downsizing of the F-35 program

    Is Italy now chucking F-35 in the bin? What is the vote in Parliament all about now? Anybody? Ivan
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    XB-52 tandem cockpit question

    Did the pilots strap in as in a fighter jet? Could they move around at all in the tandem cockpit? What about the other crew members? Did they have more freedom of movement? Ivan
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    XB-52 tandem cockpit question

    All, Herewith a question which I seem not to be able to get a view on anywhere. The XB-52 had a rather nice looking tandem cockpit. Production ended up with the airliner cockpit. 1) Was it planned to end up with airliner cockpit from the start? 2) Was the tandem cockpit just for the...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    Is this how they will find more money for the F-35? BBC: "US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has scrapped the final phase of its European missile defence shield, citing development problems and funding cuts". Ivan
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    Testing a new aircraft: how do they do it?

    It is really coming out of the discussion on the F-35. Is testing more intense on the newer aircraft because we can test more? If we go back in time, how much testing was done and to what extent did it uncover things? I am starting to be convinced that testing years back was more a matter...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    What could the cost be to re-design the RN carriers with catapult and so on. We are talking very heavy modifications I should think. Can it even be done? Might it upset the ship capabilities too much? We are talking some few tons added to it and that in the very front? It is like syaing melt...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    I also do believe that a part of any MoD's job is to evaluate progress and evaluate alternatives and have a drawer full of "what if's...". That said, If any country (Aus or any other) should pull out now, I think it is over the cliff. Too many other's might follow that path. I can't quite see...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    How will the defence budget cuts impact F-35 now? Is Obama in favour of this project? It looks bad for nearly anything. Ivan
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    F-35 grounded - again

    I do believe that deficiences and all things ought to be found in a test programme. It would be rather boring to discover things in a combat situation ("blue screen" on the computer monitor springs to mind, but that is just a horror thing). We should not have a situation where lives are lost...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    Good article, but it does not really say anything. The headrest: Is it difficult to change? easy? implications. "panning" the F-35? not really. However, I think it is time for the different players (ok, they do it all the time) to look at the requirements now and through the next 15...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    I do agree, the X32 is not an option. I am convinced that Boeing designed it so ugly so they would lose the competition. Who in their right mind could come up with that monstrosity. Joking a little bit on that, though. That said, was the avionics worse or the same with the X32? if you hurl...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    This topic has surely gained a life of its own now. I just intended to draw the forum's attention to the fact that the F-35 had been grounded, for those not having seen it at that time. Very intersting this. It seems we re-evaluate the F-35 programme every six months or so. Not a bad thing...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    Somehow, the notion of other countries catching up could be very real, I should think. These long development times (as I know from software development times way back in time) could easily create "the best aircraft for the 2000's, in 2015". If we look at the weapons to be carried, there...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    Well, here is another piece from BBC: "US President Barack Obama has signed into effect a wave of steep spending cuts which he has warned could damage the US economy. The cuts - known as the sequester and drawn up two years ago - will take $85bn (£56bn) from the US federal budget this...
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    F-35 grounded - again

    BBC again: ""The Pentagon has said it will resume flights on its F-35 fighter jets, after the whole fleet was grounded last week. A cracked turbine blade found on a plane prompted the suspension. But tests showed that this was a "unique" problem and not a design flaw, engine maker Pratt...
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