Eurofighter Typhoon

[Kapitan]

Probably true, imagine if it was sqwarking 7500 (hijack) :rotfl:

scramble 5 jets "ok sir look for a big black triangle thing"

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by Kapitain

@ seademon

blah, blah, blah....

Give it up, it didn't happen.

[Kapitan]

If the transponed was on then every god dam pilot in the sky in that area and ATC would have seen it.

Stealth jet isnt 100% stealthy it does show up on radar all it does is make its cross section very very small a bit like theswedish stealth boat's.

[Abraham]

Originally Posted by Kapitain

@ seademon
... International rules state no twin engine jet can be more than 2 hours from a airport...

There are many exceptions to that standard rule, military planes being just one of them...

[Kapitan]

It also depends on what airspace you are in on a nat track (controlled only by both canada and england), being in a twin engined airliner you must be within 2 hours of a field that is the rules and they havnt changed yet.

Exceptions do occour but its just normal.

[Linton]

Euro fighter was designed to intercept mig29's in the cold war that never turned hot(thankfully!)It is massively late and enormously over budget!The UK will probably sell some of the massive surplus they have ordered to the Saudi's as they often buy our old rubbish-think Tornado air defence variant!!
Typhoon is yesterdays aeroplane and the sooner the UK can get hold of some JSF the better it will be for the country.
Rapier is a short range sam and I know of no rapier batteries permanently established in Wales.
NAT tracks move every 12 hours due to forecast wind conditions-minimum time routes.
Civil aircaft frequently fly up to 207 minutes from a suitable airport-it is called ETOPS(engines turning or passengers swimming)
US stealth aircraft are now over a decade old and this technology has been superceded

[Kapitan]

ETOPS = Extended Twin Engined Oparations i like your veriant better

Id like to see Britiain get something like the F22 but doubt itll happen.

[JSLTIGER]

The American stealth that you are referring to here is based on the older F-117. Even if the Rapier battery could have ID'd it (without it squawking IFF codes), congratulations...an ultra-modern missile managed to pick up a 2nd generation stealth design (SR-71 being the first) that has been in service for almost thirty years and is being considered for retirement!

Even if the Typhoon is more maneuverable than the F-22 (which no one knows for certain, but I doubt it thanks to the F-22's thrust vectoring), the F-22 would still be able to pick up a Typhoon far further away than a Typhoon could pick up an F-22. At this point in time, where missiles can kill things BVR reliably, maneuverability is a luxury. Stealth is the key in the modern world. That's why the designs for the latest front line aircraft are stealth-based (e.g. B-2 (last bomber designed), F-22, and F-35).

[Rotary Crewman]

We will certainly find out when the two meet at an up and coming Red Flag.

Then there will be no arguments

[Abraham]

There can hartly be an argument now...
Read Cornwallis and JSLTIGER's posts. The F-22 and F-35 are of a different concept and at least half a generation ahead (as stealth is concerned at least a whole generation).
But I'm glad that the RAF has a new true fighterplane, be it the third best.
The last true fighter was the Hawker Hunter.

[Kapitan]

I like the idea of the Eurofighter but america is not enamy it is friend and i like that.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Abraham

The last true fighter was the Hawker Hunter.

Arn't you forgetting the F-4 Phantom? :hmm:

[Abraham]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Arn't you forgetting the F-4 Phantom? :hmm:

Are we talking about fighter planes or about over-engined, over-sized, badly glued plastic models of which the nose, the wings and the stabilizers hang down...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Abraham

Are we talking about fighter planes or about over-engined, over-sized, badly glued plastic models of which the nose, the wings and the stabilizers hang down...

They were fine aircraft until the Brits messed them up with their Rolls Royce Spey turbofans instead of their proper US built GE J79 turbojets! Still but that badly glued plastic model was the best RAF/FAA fighter since the Spit!

[Kapitan]

F4 best fighter since the spit on your bike !