How good is China’s J-10C fighter? We ask Justin Bronk ... - Hush-Kit
网页2019年2月26日 · The latest version, the J-10C, is the most potent – with a modern AESA radar and the ability to carry the PL-15 long range air-to-air missile, a formidable weapon in the same class as Europe’s much lauded Meteor. We asked Justin Bronk how the aircraft would fare against the F-16, the most widely used modern fighter aircraft.
Top Ten Twin-Engine Fighters of World War II - Hush-Kit
网页2021年10月15日 · The de Havilland Mosquito perhaps epitomises the outcome that mid-Thirties aircraft designers were reaching for in scheming out their ‘strategic fighter’ designs in France, Germany, Japan, Poland, the Netherlands, and doubtless elsewhere. The golden objective was to come up with a fast, heavily armed twin-engine aircraft that had the range to act as a bomber escort, and the speed ...
Pilots of 7 rival fighter aircraft types describe dogfights against F ...
网页March 17, 2020. Pilots of 7 rival fighter aircraft types describe dogfights against F-16s. Whenever I interview a modern fighter pilot, the subject of how his or her fighter compares to the F-16 in a close-in fight is always brought up. I collated these answers for a snapshot of how the pilots of other types (including the ‘Flanker’, Gripen ...
Flying & fighting in the Sukhoi Su-30 ‘Flanker’: A pilot interview
网页2019年7月20日 · Described as a ‘royal merciless game-changer’, the Sukhoi Su-30 ‘Flanker’ is a monster: a long-ranged, well armed, unbeatably manoeuvrable fighter uniquely equipped with 3D thrust-vectoring control (TVC) enabling it to perform seemingly impossible aerobatics in the sky. We spoke to IAF Gp Capt Anurag Sharma to learn more about flying and fighting in the Russian superfighter.
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网页4 天之前 · The only piston-engined aircraft (other than heavily modified racers) that have reached 470 mph were: the F4U-5, Ta 152H, Hornet, Do 335, P-47M, XP-82, Fury/Sea Fury, Spiteful, P-51H, XP-72 and XP-47J. The Rainbow is quite unlike the other aircraft, which are all fighters, and mostly single-engined radials.
The F-19 stealth fighter: Would it have worked in the real world?
网页2018年5月25日 · The F-117 achieves the same effect through using cool engine bypass air. The fins on the F-19 model are canted inwards. The configuration is similar to that used in the initial Have Blue demonstrator aircraft which preceded the F-117. This was either a very good guess, or suggests some awareness of Have Blue.
10 Aircraft Made Great By a New Engine - Hush-Kit
网页2022年5月28日 · A great aircraft is the civil (or military) partnership of a good engine and good airframe, and sometimes a separation is necessary to make way for a more appropriate partner.Many great airframe aircraft have been held back by combination with inappropriate or inferior engines. Here are 10 power-hungry flying machines that finally got the grunt they deserved.
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网页2012年6月24日 · Hush-Kit is jam-packed with exclusive articles, news, art and gossip- all from an aeronautical perspective. Hush-Kit has a host of wonderful contributors including: Former BAe test pilot Dave Eagles, the Observer’s Home Affairs Editor and former war-correspondent Mark Townsend, Combat Aircraft Monthly‘s …
Flying & Fighting in the JF-17 Thunder: Interview with Pakistan Air ...
网页2019年7月19日 · JF-17 pic credits: author/PAF. The JF-17 Thunder is one of the rarest and least known fighter aircraft in the world. Operated solely by the Pakistan Air Force*, it is a capable fighter in the same class as the F-16. On conditions of anonymity, we spoke to one JF-17 pilot to learn more. The views expressed are not the official positions of the PAF.
Almost the greatest fighter of World War II: The Martin-Baker MB5
网页2019年1月2日 · The Martin-Baker MB5 had a 35 ft wingspan and was 37 ft 9 in long. The undercarriage track was 15ft 2in. The MB5 had a maximum speed of 395 mph at sea level, 425 mph at 6,000 ft and 460 mph at 20,000 ft. The aircraft stalled at 95 mph in the landing configuration. The MB5 had a quoted initial rate of climb of …