On Sep 19, 2:30Â pm, rb
rb.com> wrote:> Addinall wrote:
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>>> First, there are a grand total of seven Su-35's on the planet, and
>>> only three of them are in flying condition.
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>> Secondly, only two F-35s exist on the planet. Â Both of them use
>> different parts.
>> Neither can fly at the moment.
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> given that the F35 is still in a state of development, how do you know
> what it is, and is not capable of?
I read the sales blurb like everyone else. And then I look at the
numbers
that come along with the sales blurb. Then I compare those numbers
to numbers in other sales blurbs. Even if the F-35 could be chucked
into the air today with a dusting of magic "on-time" dust, it would
still be
fat, slow, underpowered and undergunned.
It has 'Stealth"? Whoo hoo. It needs it.
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>>> Four have been
>>> cannibalized to get the other three flying. The three flyable
>>> examples, are unarmed air-show demonstrators, and would require a
>>> couple of months worth of work to make them combat ready.
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>> From what I have seen to date, the F-35 MIGHT be 'combat ready' in
>> another 10 years, and only if it is coming up head to head with
>> tourists in Cessnas.
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> OK, what have you seen, care to share?
Same test flights as everone else. And the reports of the
various tests.
Mark Addinall.
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> rb
