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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO ![]() Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Your're probably going to find that the F-35 may out perform both the Eurofighter AND F-22....
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| it ought to given how much it costs and how new it is... Reckon they should just bolt on a few sea-going Flankers... |
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| Another couple of notional names: Skua - the FAA RN had a plane called this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skua the Blackburn Skua which almost matches the JSF for good looks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Skua as you can read here it had some 'firsts' to its name. Alternatively, Corsair III - a fine line in navy warplanes. The Corsair I (?) was also used by the FAA. BTW I read somewhere I think about an earlier plane called the Corsair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4U_Corsair Finally, how about 'Peregrine'? Hardly macho but relevant to the raptor theme as it is a fish eating Falcon.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Falcon Or maybe 'Albatross' would be suitable... tee hee |
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| Senior Member | Call it Berserker . Actually, Reaper is pretty cool.
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| It should go into service under the user's national designation. Give it a few years in service and let those who fly and maintain it give it its name.
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| Yes, 'Reaper' sounds good. We wondered about 'Osprey' but of course that's gone. Or Corsair III - the improved s/s Corsair was, ironically, called the 'Strikefighter'. But was not accepted for shame. So maybe that name's possible. |
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| Senior Member | there was a large British Flying boat named Corsair that pre-dates the F4U which you might have thought about........... and the americans aren't seriously considdering Spitfire II are they?
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| I will now dive for cover |
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On the X-35's first flight it sucked the gear up and went supersonic. A lot more thought went into that aircraft than the F-22, as a matter of fact the X(F)-35 is just lessons learned from the F-22 in many areas...
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Another on on the meteorological events how about Storm? Fits in well enough with Typhoon, Tornado, Lightning, Thunderbolt etc I cant think of anything else called Storm, except perhaps the IL-2 Sturmovik which I think means Storm Bird.
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| dude, Thunderbolt could be okay, I mean look at how many planes use that name? I'm sure few would really mind that much
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| Storm sounds good... like the Schwalbe aka Sturm Vogel... Me 262...? Stormy Petrel (on a stick)? |
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