Hi boys, our mailin list seems to lack any news in those days... I have time to read with more depths my mags only during sunday and I find, on "Aviation Week"...
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Nav One
combat_sent
Jun 5, 2005 12:39 pm
Nico, Not sure if this is official but the bureaucrats that determine designations probably equated "J" with "Jammer". Of course, it could also be the usual...
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Andreas Parsch
aparsch
Jun 5, 2005 8:41 pm
... But they would have scored a lucky hit in this case, because "J" is the next letter anyway ;-). As of 30 March 2005, the designation B-52J had not been...
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gary
gariac450
Jun 18, 2005 7:18 pm
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6513413951&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores> Well, it has a designation, but I don't think it...
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David R Townend
d_townend
Jun 19, 2005 1:26 am
... ViewItem&item=6513413951&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores> ... The funny thing is, my kids didn't know what it was....
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gary
gariac450
Jun 19, 2005 2:10 am
I put it up there as a joke, but I saw two at a local flea market. I'm scared to think these things are just leaving service. That particular seller is in...
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sirius
jeff_rankinlowe
Jun 19, 2005 2:47 am
... While there are many disadvantages to ateletype system, for some end-users, there still some advantages, which could help to explain why these items stayed...
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Andrew Chorney
driko_suave
Jun 21, 2005 10:13 pm
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet; I apologize if they have. The Marine Corps made a press release about the UC-35D last week: ...
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Andreas Parsch
aparsch
Jun 29, 2005 3:04 pm
Hi, the list has been quite for a while, so this posting is mainly a kind of "keep alive" message :-). Anyway, the code name and nickname listing of...
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sirius
jeff_rankinlowe
Jul 7, 2005 12:24 am
... platform ... FYI. Jeff...
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David R Townend
d_townend
Jul 9, 2005 2:27 am
Thanks Jeff. I thought the 717 had been discontinued. David ... G550,...
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sirius
jeff_rankinlowe
Jul 9, 2005 2:43 am
... If someone had asked me about that before I saw that report, my answer would have been I thought so, too, but that I think there are still some being built...
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David R Townend
d_townend
Jul 10, 2005 1:31 am
Good point about the AWACS ... answer ... some ... could ... were ... Express ... programme....
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Jos Heyman
josheyman@...
Jul 17, 2005 11:59 am
As far as the VH-71A is concerned - it is official, as reported on http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=4328663e-9b87-4da3-a84d-980a230099b4&...
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Andreas Parsch
aparsch
Jul 17, 2005 7:00 pm
... Thank you, Jos. I'll see if I can get a statement on the H-70 slot. Andreas...
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Andreas Parsch
aparsch
Jul 18, 2005 11:20 am
... DOD says that H-70 is still unassigned, but not permanently. I.e., it could still be assigned in the future (not unprecedented - X-49 was assigned after...
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Jos Heyman
josheyman@...
Jul 21, 2005 7:30 pm
Forwarded to you all without my coimments. Jos Heyman...
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Andreas Parsch
aparsch
Jul 22, 2005 7:21 am
... Thanks. So I'll do the comments ;-) ... Short version: That's a big pile of bovine excrement! Slightly longer version: Michael Schratt's "USAF discs at...
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sirius
jeff_rankinlowe
Jul 22, 2005 8:06 am
... Spoilsport. ;-þ Jeff...
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Jos Heyman
josheyman@...
Jul 22, 2005 9:21 am
Andreas wrote: Short version: That's a big pile of bovine excrement! Privately I used similar terms...... Jos...
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Ran Barton
rb3lists
Jul 22, 2005 4:04 pm
I really like the idea of hiding a collection of secret aircraft at MacDill, an airfield in the middle of Tampa/St. Petersburg. The AF would save so much ...
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David
uftanner
Jul 22, 2005 10:07 pm
... I really like the idea of hiding a collection of secret aircraft at MacDill, an airfield in the middle of Tampa/St. Petersburg. The AF would save so much...
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Ran Barton
rb3lists
Jul 23, 2005 12:49 pm
Thank you for such a detailed reply. A KB-50J... wonderful. Ran ... -- Ran Barton <ranbarton@...>...
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David B. Tanner
uftanner
Jul 23, 2005 10:00 pm
... Yes. And I only saw it as I was already in the exit queue at their open day, so I was unable to drive over and take a look. ... David tanner@......
... other ... fantasy: I ... describing how ... bomb!!! And here in Canada, we have the Avro Arrow fanatics who are convinced that there's still a secret...
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Domenico sgarlato
dsgarlato
Jul 24, 2005 2:59 pm
Hi, quoting also tha name "Kestrel", "AIR International" on its July issue, page 9, wrote: "Although no formal announcement has been made on a name or military...
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Domenico sgarlato
dsgarlato
Jul 24, 2005 2:59 pm
Hi boys, about that thread I read some interesting comments (regarding also other aircraft fakes) on the following page of aerospaceweb.org: ...
