By: Puffadder
- 30th September 2000 at 18:41Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
DASA has developed an upgrade called Sniper. I saw at ILA 2000. Looks good.
RB 199 in a MiG?-are you nuts. DASA is however considering offering the EJ 200 as a reengining option. According to DASA it would fit like a glove. Come to think of it, the Reds could then flog their spare RD 33 engines to the South Americans.
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By: TJ
- 30th September 2000 at 20:03Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
Ink,
These G-2s etc are privately owned by British nationals. The Chief Test Pilot is a civilian now having left the JRV many years ago. The first Galeb made it out just before the conflict last year. The second Galeb was slightly damaged in the NATO air-raids and was subsequently repaired and delivered after the end of hostilities.
TJ
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By: Anonymous
- 2nd October 2000 at 21:36Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
Not nuts, but practical. It would be a far better pursuit than wasting time and money on the Eurofighter...
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By: Anonymous
- 2nd October 2000 at 21:44Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
I hate to tell you the Germans have more than six operational airframes out of the lot.
By: ink
- 3rd October 2000 at 16:09Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
The DASA Sniper project is aimed entierly at the export market. And it is pointless for the Luftwaffe to upgrade its MiGs as they blatently do not have enough airframes and the ones they have are now pretty old. They'd have to buy more from the Russians. The Germans claim to have around 12 fully operational MiGs but there are only about six they could get into the air on short notice.
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By: Puffadder
- 4th October 2000 at 19:13Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
The RB 199 is a complicated engine. It was designed soley to power the Tornado effeciently at low altitude. It does that just fine- at higher altitudes it goes down the tubes. It isn´t a fighter engine.
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By: Puffadder - 30th September 2000 at 18:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
DASA has developed an upgrade called Sniper. I saw at ILA 2000. Looks good.
RB 199 in a MiG?-are you nuts. DASA is however considering offering the EJ 200 as a reengining option. According to DASA it would fit like a glove. Come to think of it, the Reds could then flog their spare RD 33 engines to the South Americans.
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By: TJ - 30th September 2000 at 20:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
Ink,
These G-2s etc are privately owned by British nationals. The Chief Test Pilot is a civilian now having left the JRV many years ago. The first Galeb made it out just before the conflict last year. The second Galeb was slightly damaged in the NATO air-raids and was subsequently repaired and delivered after the end of hostilities.
TJ
By: Anonymous - 2nd October 2000 at 21:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
Not nuts, but practical. It would be a far better pursuit than wasting time and money on the Eurofighter...
By: Anonymous - 2nd October 2000 at 21:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
I hate to tell you the Germans have more than six operational airframes out of the lot.
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By: ink - 3rd October 2000 at 16:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
The DASA Sniper project is aimed entierly at the export market. And it is pointless for the Luftwaffe to upgrade its MiGs as they blatently do not have enough airframes and the ones they have are now pretty old. They'd have to buy more from the Russians. The Germans claim to have around 12 fully operational MiGs but there are only about six they could get into the air on short notice.
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By: Puffadder - 4th October 2000 at 19:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: German MiG 29's
The RB 199 is a complicated engine. It was designed soley to power the Tornado effeciently at low altitude. It does that just fine- at higher altitudes it goes down the tubes. It isn´t a fighter engine.