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ANALYSIS: How Serge Dassault helped shape global fighter fleet
FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM ^
| June 11, 2018
| CRAIG HOYLE
Posted on 06/11/2018 10:50:51 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Mmmmmmmmm . . .
Warplane porn.
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posted on
06/11/2018 11:02:18 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: sukhoi-30mki
Still a sucker for Delta planforms on this end. Many of our fighters might be considered Delta's ( like the F-15 and others with continuous camber leading edges ) augmented with tails, but I digress
;-).
Love to know more about the South African Cheetah's and the Israeli Kfir, they are somewhat of a mystery.
I wouldn't rule out Delta / BWB / Modified Flying Wing type config's being added to our fleet in the future...
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posted on
06/11/2018 11:08:48 AM PDT
by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!"i)
To: sukhoi-30mki
His father changed his name from Bloch to Dassault after WWII and a stay in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Think D’Assault.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Nit everyone can afford a Mercedes, but everyone wants a good car. Dassault saw the greater market - as did Saab - and filled it.
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posted on
06/11/2018 3:29:24 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: taildragger
XF-90. F-102. F-106. Area-ruled fuselage designs. The Dart was a great plane.
By the bye, I love taildraggers. Fueled them in my first real job out of high school.
I am working some into my science-fiction series: sort of Diesel Punk retro.
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posted on
06/11/2018 3:33:42 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: Snickering Hound
Bloch 157 was very advanced: twin-row radial; 440 mph at altitude. Too late for war effort.
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posted on
06/11/2018 3:35:51 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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