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 Posted: May 05, 2007 - 02:03 PM
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Hi Just read an article in Aviation Week saying that the F-22 will perform at Le Bourget next month. Is there any more information about this deployment? The article says that it will be flown from a base in the UK. (Fairford???)
The Article :
http://aviationweek.typepad.com/lebourget/2007/04/index.html
Lets hope they stay long enough for RIAT  !!!
Looking very forward to see the mighty Raptor here in Europe!
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If true. It's likely they will use Lakenheath. Maybe a sign of its future residence on this very base... 
On the RIAT front, still no confirmation yet if one/two or none will appear. Lets hope its does as its gonna make it a cracking show with the assortment of exciting participants already listed. |
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Posted: May 05, 2007 - 01:37 PM
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sferrin
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Posted: May 05, 2007 - 02:29 PM
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| Wonder how many foreign radars will be set up around the city to take a peek? If I was going to take the F-22 to an airshow in a foreign country I'd have so many of those radar enhancers on it it'd look like a friggin' porcupine. |
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Posted: May 05, 2007 - 03:26 PM
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If they would fly the demo with 4 dummy AMRAAMS on the wing stations it would also do the job and give us some nice exotic pictures 
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Posted: May 05, 2007 - 03:36 PM
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sferrin wrote:
Wonder how many foreign radars will be set up around the city to take a peek? If I was going to take the F-22 to an airshow in a foreign country I'd have so many of those radar enhancers on it it'd look like a friggin' porcupine.
 That visualization cracks me up.  Thanks Sferrin. |
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Posted: May 05, 2007 - 06:57 PM
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The operating base will be more than likely Lakenheath; going on past "Paris" deployments there will be no display just a daily flypast. We are also expecting them at RIAT (Fairford) however, not sure yet if just static or flying demo. For RIAT they are expected to go into the Heath early and then transfer to RIAT on the arrivals days.
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Posted: May 06, 2007 - 04:49 AM
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sferrin wrote:
Wonder how many foreign radars will be set up around the city to take a peek? If I was going to take the F-22 to an airshow in a foreign country I'd have so many of those radar enhancers on it it'd look like a friggin' porcupine.
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parrothead
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Posted: May 06, 2007 - 09:32 PM
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sferrin wrote:
Wonder how many foreign radars will be set up around the city to take a peek? If I was going to take the F-22 to an airshow in a foreign country I'd have so many of those radar enhancers on it it'd look like a friggin' porcupine.
Good idea  ! Either that or have a couple of F-15s or Vipers flying formation all the time . |
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 07:52 AM
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Quote:
Air Force’s F-22 won’t go to Paris
By Gayle Putrich
Posted : Thursday May 17, 2007 14:55:31 EDT
The F-22 Raptor won’t make its European debut at this summer’s Paris Air Show, according to U.S. Air Force officials, who say that such a deployment would force them to cancel 40 to 50 pilot-training sorties.
But Maj. Paul Moga, the service’s F-22A demonstration pilot, said the stealthy supercruiser might show up at the Dubai show in November.
The Raptors are based at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Apparently no decision over RIAT will be made till June!
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 07:57 AM
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| Awesome, cant wait. I bet the observation area will be packed. |
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avon1944
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 07:04 PM
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Hey, if this is the way the French act after the US selling the Lockeed "Have Blue" entrant, we should re-evaluate our relationship with France period! This country has shared a lot of technology with that country. Apollo 13 resides in a french museum not the Air & Space Museum in DC.
But, I am quite sure they won't be the only country that will try and get some ELINT of the F-22 from this visit to Europe.
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checksixx
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 09:15 PM
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avon1944 wrote:
Apollo 13 resides in a french museum not the Air & Space Museum in DC. Adrian
Do the French have a lot of museums in the United States?? The Apollo 13 Command Module resides in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 09:16 PM
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| I wouldn't bet on seeing the F-22 in Europe as there would be no reason to demonstrate it there at any of the major airshows. |
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Posted: May 18, 2007 - 10:27 PM
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checksixx wrote:
avon1944 wrote:
Apollo 13 resides in a french museum not the Air & Space Museum in DC. Adrian
Do the French have a lot of museums in the United States?? The Apollo 13 Command Module resides in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Pretty cool place. I visited it on several occasions in my youth. Haven't been there lately, but it has always had a very nice collection of items - especially when you consider its location, geographically.
http://www.cosmo.org/ |
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