The MiG 19 was contempoary to the late Hawker Hunters and the North American F100 Super Sabre. Which was best between the MiG 19 and the F100?
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It was accessing the engine - the Hunter had a lot of panels with dozens of screws and once removed there wasn't a lot of room to do work. The Sabre was very maintainable, panels with camlock fasteners with ample room to disconnect things, especially when changing engines. The Avon has its IGVs hydraulically actuated with the fuel system - a very complicated set-up. When working a very good powerplant.Flyboy you say the Avon was a grudge to work on then why would the Aussie 86 be the equal of the Orenda powered one with the exception of the 20mm
Agree - it was just accessing it and in the Hunter it looked like a heck of a lot harder than the SaberPersonally I found that the Avon wasn't a Grudge (new word for me but I take it not to be complimentary) to work on. The Avon was one of the most successful jet engines of all time certainly of its era, being used in a number of aircraft. It was also widely used in engineering and on ground installations for a variety of uses.
Didn't the 86 waste more Hunters then they Sabres lost in the Indo Pakstani conflict 21 Sabres lost vs 37 Hunters in head to head combat. Sounds like game set match to me
I counted it again and come up with the same results or pretty close to that number off acig it looks like the Gnat did better then the Hunter
I counted it again and come up with the same results or pretty close to that number off acig it looks like the Gnat did better then the Hunter
that doesn't change the fact the guns are puny .50cals, i'd take cannon in the jet age anyday........