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Old 14th Jul 2008, 19:46   #1 (permalink)
 
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Question Typhoon vs Tornado
Has anyone heard the latest about Tranche 3 of Typhoon replacing 3 squadrons of Tornado GR4s?
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Old 14th Jul 2008, 20:14   #2 (permalink)
 
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I take it you mean Saudi Tonkers as I thought Tranche 3 had gone to the oil rich fiefdom?
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Old 14th Jul 2008, 21:05   #3 (permalink)
 
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Must be. Can't see why we'd want to replace our Tornados.
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They work perfectly well for an airframe designed almost 40 years ago, the first prototype flying only 34 years ago and only been in service for almost 28.

It never sulks and is well behaved. Where did it say that GR Sqns were being replaced? Or are you after a story?
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Old 14th Jul 2008, 21:23   #5 (permalink)
 
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Just a bit of hearsay perhaps. Anyway, keeps Navigators in business I suppose.
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That it does!
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Old 20th Jul 2008, 14:10   #7 (permalink)
 
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most of the navigators are leaving, we are WSO's now. I think the Typhoon is still way too unreliable, and suffers from to many software integration problems to make any swift changes, but soon.....
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