March 14, 201312 yr No, contract has been awarded. They (Jax Airport Authority and Embraer/Sierra Nevada) have been prepping the hangar that they will use for the last few months now. One of the guys I work with at the 125th works full-time at the Embraer factory in Melbourne. He said its been very festive there the last week.
March 16, 201312 yr No, contract has been awarded. They (Jax Airport Authority and Embraer/Sierra Nevada) have been prepping the hangar that they will use for the last few months now. One of the guys I work with at the 125th works full-time at the Embraer factory in Melbourne. He said its been very festive there the last week. Confirmation...
April 15, 201312 yr OV-10 returns to Pax River. https://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS
April 16, 201312 yr (sigh)......tugs at my heart when I see something like this. I flew one of the Langley OVs long ago in a land far away.
April 16, 201312 yr (sigh)......tugs at my heart when I see something like this. I flew one of the Langley OVs long ago in a land far away. Shooting womp rats for fun?
April 16, 201312 yr OV-10 returns to Pax River. https://www.thebaynet.../story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS Saw one here at Oceana while sitting in marshal a couple of weeks ago. Cool airplane. Never thought I'd actually see one turning/flying.
April 16, 201312 yr See www.cactusairforce.com beautiful and flying OV-10! Eat your hearts out fellas!
April 16, 201312 yr OV-10 returns to Pax River. https://www.thebaynet.../story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS If one wanted to get in on this early, how do you think one would do such a thing?
April 16, 201312 yr And the oil starvation issue in inverted or negative g flight. The negative g limit is on the fuel system, not the oil system. The oil system has a near-zero g limit.
April 18, 201312 yr Are we still talking about this..... Welcome to yesterday's war. Still plenty of shenanigans in Africa and some drug tomfoolery in South America.
April 19, 201312 yr Still plenty of shenanigans in Africa and some drug tomfoolery in South America. Like we really need to get into a freakin' quagmire all over again? Are you serious?
April 19, 201312 yr Like it's up to us where we operate? Are you serious? Listen, we just have to be ready for more high jinks.
July 10, 201312 yr https://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_07_08_2013_p06-588656.xml I'd give my left nut to go fly this as a NFO/CSO/WSO...whatever you call it these days. ATIS
September 17, 201312 yr Sort of a different venture being developed by textron/cessna. Interesting concept. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2013-09-16/textron-airland-jv-unveils-scorpion-tactical-jet Edited September 17, 201312 yr by epsilon
September 17, 201312 yr Sort of a different venture being developed by textron/cessna. Interesting concept. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2013-09-16/textron-airland-jv-unveils-scorpion-tactical-jet It looks like the child of a F-18 and SU-25...
September 21, 201312 yr Is it possible that by quickly mothballing the A-10 the Air Force is intentionally creating a capability gap to drive the purchase of a Fifth-Gen designated CAS airplane? In 2009 a buddy of mine was at Oshkosh and heard a Cessna higher-up talking to AF officials about building a new CAS jet. Well, this is that airplane. Congress would never pay for another new platform with the F-22 and F-35 debacles, and the outstanding performance of the A-10 as a CAS platform (no apparent "need" for a new jet). However, with all services screaming for a designated CAS airplane, and the desire of the Air Force to be all Fifth-Gen, this new Cessna jet is positioned very well to have a future. If all of this is intentional, it's genius negotiating strategy with Congress and the other services, assuming we don't have another ground war in the next 5 or so years. Edited September 21, 201312 yr by Pancake
September 21, 201312 yr Is it possible that by quickly mothballing the A-10 the Air Force is intentionally creating a capability gap to drive the purchase of a Fifth-Gen designated CAS airplane? No
September 21, 201312 yr Wow. Insightful response. My bad. This is BO.net. Continue bitching... Edited September 21, 201312 yr by Pancake
September 21, 201312 yr You asked a yes or no question. What the fuck do you want? No, it's not possible. This one is completely money related. There is no vast conspiracy to axe the A-10 in order to develop a 5th gen pure CAS platform. What exactly would be 5th gen about it, by the way? Stealthy? No real need for that. If we're doing down n'dirty CAS A-10 style, they pretty much know we're there without a radar, don't they? Advanced sensor fusion? Advanced handling? Advanced propulsion? The money crunch is real. Very very real. It is not some manufactured illusion to mask secret plans or a military-industrial complex conspiracy. Is that better?
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