"The Jag ... a decent weapons load ..."
Not seen that in the same sentence before.
Mind you, AS30 was pretty awesome.
That's a bit unfair. The Jag could carry quite a substantial weapons load, just as long as you didn't want to do something silly like...... take off with it
I spent 8 years on Jags and really liked them. I managed a back seat trip on a post major airtest (clean a/c... not even pylons fitted) and it seemed quite nifty.
It was interesting to read the links provided further up the thread about the Indian Airforce wanting to re-engine theirs with the Honeywell F125IN engine. It seems a lot of expense for an extra 230lbs dry/ 1420lbs wet thrust per engine.
The article also said that RR declined to tender for an uprated Adour. I wonder if they felt there was no more growth left?