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Israel to test rocket-assisted take-off with F-16
Flightglobal.com ^
| 15 September 2014
| ARIE EGOZI
Posted on 09/15/2014 7:19:21 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: tanknetter
Ahhh..extended range/loitering time.
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posted on
09/15/2014 11:21:03 AM PDT
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skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: skinkinthegrass
Friend of mine who flew KC-10s told me a saying: “Nobody kicks ass without tanker gas. Nobody.”
Launch configs (combat loadouts) require planes like F-16s to burn a LOT of fuel just to get airborne, requiring them to immediately hit the tanker for a refil.
Israel has known tanker limitations, to the point where over the years they’ve experimented with various strap on refueling probes for their F-16s to allow multipoint refueling via drogue rather than flying boom.
To: tanknetter
yeah..a colleague, said basically the same
thing..he guided,the flying hose.
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posted on
09/15/2014 11:43:37 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: skinkinthegrass
Perhaps this pic will work through the Wayback Machine...
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posted on
09/15/2014 3:23:47 PM PDT
by
az_gila
To: az_gila; All
Why? ....Yes, It does. *my new screensaver*
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posted on
09/15/2014 3:27:24 PM PDT
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skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: skinkinthegrass
No, Rutan is now retired...
From wiki -
On April 1, 2011, Rutan retired from Scaled Composites to his home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He said that he is working on one more innovative design.[13] In July 2011, this was revealed to be a hybrid flying car, the Model 367 BiPod.
This is the BiPod
And here in flying mode with the wings attached -
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posted on
09/15/2014 3:30:48 PM PDT
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az_gila
To: az_gila
Yes, he's "retired" more correctly, he's designer "emeritus", he still visited the shop.
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09/15/2014 5:18:51 PM PDT
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skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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