Unlike A4s I'm not sure how to put all the glorious pictures in my posts, so here's a link to two Superhornets linking up.
Pretty cool photo.
Pretty cool photo.
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Picture of the Future of Naval In-Flight Refueling
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Damn... I thought only E models were planned to do this gas tanking stuff?
eddiemac0 said:
Weapons seperation. They wanted to make sure when weapons were released that they did not hit the plane. I saw a good video of a weapons test A-4 that lost its wing after it dropped a bomb and the bomb hit the wing. Great video, the chase plane caught everything (both pilots ejected).
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well, the S.Hornet does hae a max speed of Mach 1.6... less than the Legacy hornet's 1.8... I'm sure that's one of the factors that slows it down...
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It really tied the room together.
old school RAF in-flight refueling pics:
http://www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.co.uk/Air-to-air refuelling world record.htm
REALLY old school:
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/forever/pages/rf_usarmy23.php
These guys are crazy - I've funneled beverages before, but never anything this extreme!
http://www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.co.uk/Air-to-air refuelling world record.htm
REALLY old school:
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/forever/pages/rf_usarmy23.php
These guys are crazy - I've funneled beverages before, but never anything this extreme!
It looks like the C-2B might become a reality. If so, it will carry external fuel tanks and apparently be capable of air-to-air refueling. Meaning, it will be a tanker. So the Rhino just might get some slack from the super COD in about 12-15 years from now 
bunk22 said:It looks like the C-2B might become a reality. If so, it will carry external fuel tanks and apparently be capable of air-to-air refueling. Meaning, it will be a tanker. So the Rhino just might get some slack from the super COD in about 12-15 years from now
Any idea how the C-2B will be powered? Turbofans? Turboprops? Pulse jet (kidding).
Fly Navy said:
I think it will still be the T-56 turboprop,with the eight bladed prop of course. It still isn't funded but PMA-531 (I think it's 531) is pushing the issue with the higher ups and into the political arena. Its main competition is the V-22 Osprey. The Navy could possibly nix the C-2B for the V-22. At this point though, it looks like the C-2B has a strong chance for production.
Is this kind of a waste of assets? Every bird buddy-tanking is one that could've gone in your strike package.
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