How do you fancy flying these? From yesterday's Truth Central (except I'm sure it wasn't there yesterday):
Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Equipment and Logistics | Schoolboys "design" RAF's next training aircraft
Schoolboys "design" RAF's next training aircraft.
By designing aircraft which could be used to train the fast jet military pilots of the future, teams of teenagers from a Birmingham school and a Welsh Air Training Corps (ATC) Squadron have jointly won the RAF's Schools Aerospace Challenge.
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Our much respected fellow PPRuNer, Mr Farley said:
Chief Examiner John Farley, a former Harrier test pilot, said:
"Their designs had cost, adaptability and the environment as their core. Both winning entries were most impressive and not unrealistic future aircraft proposals. For the first time we had to call a draw.
"The highlight of the summer school at Cranfield University, where the top teams developed their ideas, was a visit by Hawks of RAF Valley, and the chance to fly in an RAF Jetstream aircraft used to train flight engineers."
The transmission for the Hawk may re-learn the lessons of the Bell P39.
A serious question about the Kestrel (aren't they supposed to hover?); would there be an advantage in shrouding the fan?