It reminds me too much of the "Lead Sled" F-4. That was a very heavy
fighter. The current F-16 is very light compared to the F-4, and it has a good
turn radius. But, the Israeli Kafir and the French Rafael can both outturn it.
Chris
>
>I have a bad feeling about that aircraft, Jim. And it’s not because of the
>effect of its shockwaves on your property :-)
>
>I cannot help feeling that the UK is wasting a huge amount of money.
>
>Chris
>
>> On 24 Sep 15, at 20:03, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> The only shock wave about which he needs to be concerned would be from F-35s
>> flying out of Eglin AFB. At his low mass, he would probably never know it.
>>
>> Shock waves can be damaging, though. When they were test flying them out of
>> Atlanta, their supersonic corridor was from East Tennessee to some point
>> west of us. The sheet rock ceiling in my kitchen is in need of extensive
>> repair.
>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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