[Broker]

Are any retail dealships in the south east? My son has his 21st birthday and he needs a new toy.

[TalonDJ]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[Tallguy]

Any word on what those canards do to the Radar Cross Section of the Rafael. The Russians & Europeans seem to like the canard. We don’t see them on US aircraft.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

FYI

Lots of need for ATE on this baby.

[ken5050]

Good read...thanks for posting..

Question, from someone with a very, VERY minimal knowledge of aircraft design and aerodynamics....

Everything I've ever read says that canards are the way to go, yet US plane designers, and the USAF, have never embraced them..except for the aborted supersonoic bomber decades ago.....any idea why?

[A.A. Cunningham]

Six Rafale Ms recently carried out a major joint exercise with the US Navy from the deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

© Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Dasbach/US Navy

Incorrect. Carrier pictured is Dwight D. Eisenhower, CVN-69. Photograph was taken on 19 July 2009.

Rafale's were last aboard the Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71, in July of 2008.

080721-N-7241L-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 21, 2008) A French Rafale M prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during combined French and American carrier qualifications. This event marks the first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast until the end of July. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird/Released)

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