Forum: General F-35 Forum

VigilanteAgumon wrote:

I'm thinking either Kite or Merlin. They're both names of raptors.

IMO, Kite and Merlin don't fit with the F-35's appearance. It looks more like a pig, so Razorback is a good choice for the -35

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This is a purple suited bird so let's honor (honour) everyone's history and call all versions the Fury.

Honor the USAF Sabre, the USMC (and USN) Fury and the RAF's Hawker Fury (jet) and prop.

Check 6 is Dago Red there??? (' Crazy Pilot

') time for (' Beer

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asiatrails wrote:

This is a purple suited bird so let's honor (honour) everyone's history and call all versions the Fury.

Honor the USAF Sabre, the USMC (and USN) Fury and the RAF's Hawker Fury (jet) and prop.

Check 6 is Dago Red there??? (' Crazy Pilot

') time for (' Beer

')

Not bad.......the Air Force Version could be called the "FURY" and the Naval Version "SEA FURY". Yet, I still like Hurricane myself......... Rolling Eyes

I've got it: F-35 Tiger Moth
I know, it's a bug, but a pretty amazing bug nonetheless. It has a set of cells covering it's wing structure that absorb a bat's sonar emissions. I saw footage where a bat flew right past a Tiger Moth in flight. Very Happy

Did the Tiger Moth then turn around and eat the bat? Laughing

Othewise I'm not all that impressed...

Tiger Moth:

Whiteman_B2 wrote:

I've got it: F-35 Tiger Moth
I know, it's a bug, but a pretty amazing bug nonetheless. It has a set of cells covering it's wing structure that absorb a bat's sonar emissions. I saw footage where a bat flew right past a Tiger Moth in flight. Very Happy

That would be a STEALTH Moth Very Happy

Now...if it could carry a couple o` JDAM and a quiver of 9Xs it could be a serious weapon system! Jokes aside, it`s a beautiful name and a beautiful airplane, nice pic` Andy...not one I would associate with the JSF in the "looks" stakes!

Last edited by PeterDow on Apr 05, 2006 - 10:16 PM; edited 1 time in total

Hi I'm new here.

Gosh, you guys have plenty to say on this - I must confess that I haven't yet read the previous 25 pages to see if someone has already suggested this.

What about "Thunderbird"?

Why?

Well, I think there is another application of JSF technology - for International Rescue.

Eh?

Allow me to explain.

A disaster happens suddenly somewhere in the world - earthquake, flood, tsunami, a forest fire, all communications are suddenly down from say an oil rig- has there been an explosion? etc.

Or maybe its a similar scenario, though not quite so sudden, but helicopters can't fly because the weather is too bad.

The UN, the governments and the NGOs hear an initial report - but it is unclear the extent of the problem. Initial intelligence is limited. This is long before the international media get there.

So people want to get a close up view of a reported emergency or disaster as soon as possible? Handy if you want to assess the situation quickly and plan your follow up response.

You'll need to get a camera there very fast - travel super-sonic preferably and then when you get there, fly slowly to allow for good pictures of the scene.

The Science fiction TV show Thunderbirds by Gerry Anderson thought of that long ago - remember this -

"Calling International Rescue"

That's Thunderbird 1 - the first on the scene of any disaster- OK it is fiction but you get the idea.

So it seems to me that that sounds like another job for a variation of the Joint Strike Fighter.

OK so this role would require the Vertical Landing configuration of the JSF to start with.
Plus a pilot controlled video camera - all the features - mounted on the JSF-variant for observation of the ground - plus a satellite uplink so that high quality video can be broadcast back live from the scene of the emergency/disaster/whatever.

So that's the application and it may help to get that idea started if the name "Thunderbird" is in people's minds with reference to the JSF.

Anyway, maybe some might want to keep the name "Thunderbird" purely for the International Rescue role but if we don't start using the name now, it might never stick, even when the governments get round to using this most versitile of aircraft in that role.

Of course, other people have used the name. There is a car called the Thunderbird.

After doing a quick search here I see you Americans have also got

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron

Which seems to be the equivalent of the British Red Arrows.

Any how it is a cool name - and I don't see why International-Rescue-science-fiction/cars/demonstration-squadrons/JSFs of good will can't share it.

Check my post here about my video of Condi visiting the JSF production facility in NW England.

Maybe the USAF don't want to name the F-35 like the aerobatic team "Thunderbirds"

Just My Two Cents

, 'cause my vote still's on Razorback

Cheers

Last edited by PeterDow on Apr 06, 2006 - 11:52 AM; edited 1 time in total

RyanCollins wrote:

Maybe the USAF don't want to name the F-35 like the aerobatic team "Thunderbirds"

Just My Two Cents

, 'cause my vote still's on Razorback

I'm late to this debate - Thunderbird isn't even listed in the poll - so I am not expecting to win that vote.

I have got a plan B - if another name, whatever, is chosen - which is to argue for the name "Thunderbird" to be used when the JSF-variant I am suggesting is more than just an idea.

To my mind, it would be fine to have two names for the plane - one name for when it is in war-fighting trim, and another name for when it is in International Rescue trim.

Sort of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Maybe the USAF would go along with that? And anyway, if the UN or the governments buy planes in the International Rescue configuration, they'd be able to choose their own name for the plane anyway.

So I am not surrendering on this, not yet anyway.

For the final poll, see: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-5541.html

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