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Battle of the X-Planes (the JSF project)
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| Feb 4, 2003
Posted on 02/04/2003 7:29:39 PM PST by spetznaz
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To: Poohbah
"Tell that to the A-4 and A-7 drivers...they don't trust airplanes with more than one throttle lever, twice as many things to get fodded."
Yeah. . .but not a comfortable feeling to take off single-engine into a combat environment. Single-engine is an emergency condition.
Ha!
To: ffusco
Just my reaction to the program discussed.
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02/06/2003 7:07:48 AM PST
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Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Nephi
The UK is a major investor ($2 billion I think) in the JSF program and so their needs were addressed during the design phase. Italy is also a big investor ($1.2 billion)in JSF, with manufacturing rights plus R and D.There are other interested parties as well.
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02/06/2003 9:49:38 AM PST
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ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: spetznaz
In a coin toss, Lockheed Martin figured to win because defense is a core business, unlike Boeing.
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