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Aviation Buffs, What would you think if Canada bought Grippens or F-18 SuperHornets instead of the F-35? This blog is wishing but there is some really cool pictures in this.
Gripen for Canada: What about the Super Hornet?
Posted from gripen4canada.blogspot.ca
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Foolish to go Grippen over the bees, since they already have all the infrastructure and training they need for them...but, really, can you blame them? The f-35 is a pig.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark
I know this was from awhile back, however, I never could understand why this plane was never used much, just figured would interest, many tjanks....
I know this was from awhile back, however, I never could understand why this plane was never used much, just figured would interest, many tjanks....
Northrop F-20 Tigershark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a privately financed light fighter, designed and built by Northrop. Its development began in 1975 as a further evolution of Northrop's F-5E Tiger II, featuring a new engine that greatly improved overall performance, and a modern avionics suite including a powerful and flexible radar. Compared with the F-5E, the F-20 was much faster, gained beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability, and had a...
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I stood next to one of them at the museum of science and industry in Los Angeles. I guess it was the Dodge Challenger Hellcat of fighter planes but since it was not a Porsche or Ferrari the 2nd and 3rd world countries refused to buy it and wanted the F-15/F-16s instead.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
I follow, I kinda figured as much, I also sent it in as a genl link also, just asmid thought it might be of interest, many thanks....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Just always struck me as rather a silly viewpoint, being as I gather it apparently seemed to work as well as it did, from what I'd read, that's all, just an observation....
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Where the Super Hornet has the advantages of range, ordinance, and logistics support over the Saab 39, the Swedish aircraft is far less expensive to operate. Besides, Canada, in my opinion, better serves the global community by keeping to themselves. No need for a power projection capability, just self defense. Having the Hornet or F35 is overkill.
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