[Steely Tom]

80kN = ~18000 lbs.

[RayChuang88]

But I'll still give the contract to Lockheed. Mostly because Lockheed already worked to build a trainer that meets this very need with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 Golden Eagle trainer--and Lockheed has plentiful production floor space needed to build this trainer at their Marietta, GA assembly line.

[pfflier]

First take - It looks to "foreign" in design. I know, I know, the T-45 is a British design.

NGs T-X looks more "traditional".

[Steely Tom]

That's 18,000 lbs with afterburner.

The F404's thrust specs are almost exactly the same as the venerable J-79 of fifty years ago; about 11,000 lbs dry, 18,000 lbs with afterburner.

The F404 has just a little bit better fuel consumption than did the J-79, 0.81 lb/lb-hr vs 0.85 for the J-79 (dry).

Big difference seems to be in weight and size.

F404 is about four feet shorter than the J-79, and is about half the weight.

[amorphous]

Looks like they’re pushing the envelope with that eensey weensey nose wheel! Short coupled too, with close proximity to the CG maybe.

[JimRed]

A nice toy for the wealthy; like a high end sports car is for drivers.

[PAR35]

Makes you wonder what else Boeing screwed up with the plane if they can’t even get the press release right.

“The aircraft was rolled out from Boeing’s facility in St.Louis, Missouri were the F/A-18 and F-15 fighters are assembled.”

Someone should have yelled, “Where the ‘h’ is the ‘h’? in ‘where’”

Checked the site - they still haven’t fixed it.