Jaguar was most definitely procured as the Advanced FJ Flying Training aircraft. Thankfully for many I suspect, it was realised the aircraft had a few foibles not really compatible with such a role, eg:
Handling deficiencies.
Poor SE performance.
Unreliable and ergonomically unsafe NAVWASS.
Wheel brakes that when used conventionally generated sufficient heat to blow the fusible plugs in the wheels.
Unable to be used to demonstrate swept wing stalling or spinning - T2 unrecoverable from a spin without an anti-spin chute!
Fuel system emergencies that confused everyone - this led to a land immediately instruction being extant for some time in the event of any fuel emergency.
The French were even more daring and ordered a navalised version to embark. An intent dropped 'plus vite' when single engine bolter performance was assessed.
As for the Reds using it - it required many thousands of feet to loop even a clean aircraft.
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Last edited by lightningmate; 28th Jun 2009 at 20:51.