Lodown
Appreciate that we are most fortunate to have in our Defence pig stye one of the more capable and high performing aircraft currently in use anywhere and that their protective umbrella is also over your head if you are fortunate enough to be Down Under.
Do you have reasons for wanting to denigrate the pigs?
Note that the engines have three fan stages in the airflow bipass around the central core and that the crews take a risk exceeding FL500 without oxygen pressure breathing.
Surprisingly they still have tail hooks, a bilge pump in the crew module, close terrain following and a spectacular dump and burn.
They are really pigs with long range trotters that can readily bring home the bacon!!
Last edited by Milt; 20th Oct 2004 at 03:58.