What Military Aircraft Would You Bring Back To Service?
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Fully agree with JACKONICKO on PR9. No real knowledge of Sentinel, but always thought PR9 (and guessing Sentinel) could be outperformed in peacetime/pseudo-peacetime roles, by later models of Gulfstream - further and faster and as high as you'd need for most purposes.
For me it would have to be a Hawker Hunter TMk8. The first aircraft of any type that I ever flew in. From RNAS Yeovilton in 1977. Pilot Brian Grant. From Yeovilton over Devon and Cornwall and the Scillies to RV with the Cruiser HMS Blake in the Western approaches. She was just out of refit, - to assist in Radar calibration. That was a hell of a first flight!
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Sentinel most definitely not out performed by (comparable) Gulfstreams....can't answer for PR9.
But Sentinel has been a sad tale of lack of investment and slow decline since SDSR 2010. Such a waste of a useful asset.
But Sentinel has been a sad tale of lack of investment and slow decline since SDSR 2010. Such a waste of a useful asset.
When being ferried between Bedford and Farnborough, Benson had to be alerted in case it got short of fuel and needed to divert.
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I'm going to take 2 bites of the cherry here; one really vintage one veteren:
Originally I was with Capt Radar with the Mosquito - but then reflected, 'it did have a few foibles' so I reasoned: Take a Mosquito, put it on a severe diet, nearly double the horsepower but give it handed engines to make it go in straight line on take-off and landing and improve handling even more, plus a minor restyle to make it look even more rakish and - Voila - you have a Hornet. What's not to like?
For the newer one - I opine XT272; the Buccaneer fitted with the Tornado GR1 nose and avionics. You know, the one that was an embarrassment to the Fin's programme and, once the test flying was complete, had to be cut and destroyed to remove the evidence........
Originally I was with Capt Radar with the Mosquito - but then reflected, 'it did have a few foibles' so I reasoned: Take a Mosquito, put it on a severe diet, nearly double the horsepower but give it handed engines to make it go in straight line on take-off and landing and improve handling even more, plus a minor restyle to make it look even more rakish and - Voila - you have a Hornet. What's not to like?
For the newer one - I opine XT272; the Buccaneer fitted with the Tornado GR1 nose and avionics. You know, the one that was an embarrassment to the Fin's programme and, once the test flying was complete, had to be cut and destroyed to remove the evidence........
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I'm going to take 2 bites of the cherry here; one really vintage one veteren:
Originally I was with Capt Radar with the Mosquito - but then reflected, 'it did have a few foibles' so I reasoned: Take a Mosquito, put it on a severe diet, nearly double the horsepower but give it handed engines to make it go in straight line on take-off and landing and improve handling even more, plus a minor restyle to make it look even more rakish and - Voila - you have a Hornet. What's not to like?
For the newer one - I opine XT272; the Buccaneer fitted with the Tornado GR1 nose and avionics. You know, the one that was an embarrassment to the Fin's programme and, once the test flying was complete, had to be cut and destroyed to remove the evidence........
Originally I was with Capt Radar with the Mosquito - but then reflected, 'it did have a few foibles' so I reasoned: Take a Mosquito, put it on a severe diet, nearly double the horsepower but give it handed engines to make it go in straight line on take-off and landing and improve handling even more, plus a minor restyle to make it look even more rakish and - Voila - you have a Hornet. What's not to like?
For the newer one - I opine XT272; the Buccaneer fitted with the Tornado GR1 nose and avionics. You know, the one that was an embarrassment to the Fin's programme and, once the test flying was complete, had to be cut and destroyed to remove the evidence........
I agree, there were a couple of Hornets wrecks lying in Changi, almost completely delaminated due to the climate.
