B52STRATO

Not only on the ground, but also at sea with their H-serie battleship. Anyway all Ratte, Monster or Krokodil project draws are purely fictional, no originals were ever recovered.

Could has been a nice and logicaly choice for a T-2, T-37 and F-102 operator.

This crazy L1000 project could had dethrone it.

Guepard is right, but cause these choppers were originally designed for a war in Europe, on the German land. Some like the such as BO-105, Gazelle or even the agil Panther, equipped with guided filo-missiles, were safe on this kind terrain, sheltered behind the relief and environment. And even the Mangusta, as the Tiger has been thought to face the Warsaw Pact armored batalions, shooting off the short-range guns and protected against electronic warfare... not against what they face today, simple and non-guided weapons.

Last friday one of the French special forces pilot lost his life during a mission over Mali. Flying aboard a Gazelle, this 41 years old man was lethally hit by ennemy ground fire and prove again the vulnerability of this helicopter. I still do NOT understand why the A.L.A.T nor the special forces use this non-armored hellicopter over urban areas and in fire range of hand weapons ! The UK has proved it over a beach in 1982, Iraq during his war against Iran and even all along fights in ex-Yugoslavia. Why don't they deploy Eurocopter Tigers ? Armored and armed for this type of fight ? No, these kind of St-Cyr bourgeois prefer to send these men to death, flying coffins which should no longer be used in combat but for MEDEVAC and logistics.

A man is near to commit suicide from a bridge. A tramp arrives and asks him: -"Hey ! Why you will do it ?! Are you crazy ?!" -"No please, don't try to stop me" says the man, "I lost my job, my wife and my car in just a week, my life is finished..." -"Ho ho ho, you had to say it right now man ! It turns out that I am a FAIRY, and I can fulfill you a vow !" -"What ? You say that if I want my wife back, and billions you will give me them ?!" -"Agree boy. But... here comes a little problem... you see, far far away, a mad witch cast spell and transformed me into this bum. And to become a fairy again I will need..." -"Oh yeah I know, you need a kiss. So come here in my arms !" -"Sorry boy, it doesn't work like this... I need to make anal sex with you." -"A... an.. anal sex ?!" -"Yep boy, it's the only way !" So the man goes down the edge of the bridge and drop his pants. -"Ok, just wait time to get on my wand and... here we go boy !!!" The tramp looks to the helpless man. -"So, do you feel the charm now ?" -"Hay ! Oh ! Yeah, I think so..." -"Yeah ! By the way, tell me boy... how old are you now ?" -"35. Why ?" -"And at 35 old you still believe in FAIRY ?!"

So, it's finally official. I hope that name will continue to protect its crew as it has done before.

I remember having read an article, a bit strange, some years ago and some good peoples make a video about... this April fool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_0miIVYClw4 Hey, at the time it worked very well, and many have fallen into the trap !

Ah oui, c'est vrai ! Très forte cette comparaison bidon/SRAM x)

Il est vrai que le Fana c'est bien rattrapé sur cet article, le dernier devait être celui portant sur les RF-80 et RB-57A. Cependant leur dernier hors-serie sur le S.A.C semble avoir été rédigé par un gosse survolté, entre les expressions et clin d'oeil irritants de Bénichou ("Hé hé hé, tu as vu, j'en sais plus que toi sur les navions") et un style simpliste...

I hope the best for the futur.

Mmmh great idea and work. I will try it against the RN Harriers.

The "How my friends see me" picture looks to have been taken during a Metal Gear hard play!

I particulary like the light design of the JF-17 Thunder.

I found the last Dredd pretty good, simple and effective.

Small back on the last 24H

Bonne année ! From Caribbean rhum pool...

This comparison to the Tomcat surprised me too... mainly cause the autor talk about the F-111 or the G8 just before. The other drawings, also from 1978 and 79, showed a really aproximate MiG-25 with a big nose and tall vertical stabilizers, something that look alike the Tu-142, but named "Tu-20" Bear-C and an interesting one of the Mil Mi-24 first version, with the large glass cabin.

The saga continues with the Su-19 Fencer (X) Extract from the same magazine: "Most important chiefs from American air staff to describe the Fencer as the 'first real ground attack aircraft, purely designed as a bomber and a fighter-bomber' of the VVS. Bigger than the MiG-23 Flogger, the Fencer reminds the American F-111 or the French Mirage G-serie. With the Foxbat, the Fencer is, today, one of the most feared aircraft ever. Its Occidental best counter-part could be seen in the US top naval aircraft, the F-14 Tomcat. Characteristics: Type : "two-seat M.R.C.A" (already at this time) Powerplants : two unknow turbojets or maybe turbofans, probably MiG-23 Tumansky engines, capable of approx 10 000 kg of thrust Lenght : 21,29 m Wingspan : Spread : 17,15 m Swept : 9,53 m Height : 6,40 m Empty weight : 16 000 kg Max. weight : 32 000 kg Performances : Max speed : 2 670 km/h (!) Service ceilling : 18 000 m Range : 800 km Ferry range : 4 000 km Weapons: - double-tubed GSh-23 cannon -Rockets, conventional and nuclear bombs Drawing from 1979, based on the time's knowledge

We can not, unfortunately, do anything against these sites and constructions which are accepted and signed by the politics. Now airports are confronted to residents who complain again aircraft noise... while the airport was there long before them !

I recently bought an used monthly French magazine from September 1979 with interesting articles about the Soviet Air Power, and tend to anticipate the characteristics of several systems, making them more dangerous than they were. An article also concern the case of the name of the "Backfire" and its capabilities, so as to share this extract with you ! "The last addition of the Soviet Strategic Aviation is the Tu-122 (or Tu-26) Backfire which 50 units are already in active service. This aircraft remember that the USSR is detremined to stay at a high degree on her triple nuclear base: ground-to-ground intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines launched ICBMs and air-to-ground cruise missiles. The United States already adopted this triad during the 50's. Their recently decision to equipped the USAF with the recent Rockwell International B-1A, added to the terrifiant B-52, shurely justified the decision of the Russians to go forward in their strategic bomber fleet modernisation. The B-1 will be even more powerful than the Backfire. But, if the B-1 prototype flies since 1974, it still isn't developped - and his own program looks to be questioned - while the Backfire is already operational; and, as we saw it, 50 units are in service. This terrible, three crew (!!), swept-wings bomber is powered by two high-by-pass NK-144 turbofans, equipped with afterburners. His aerodynamics characteristics are surprisingly advanced. His ultramodern equipment included a doppler radar, an inertial navigation system, a ground proximity radar, a computer and an advanced RWR. His weapons inventory includes a 37mm tail cannon. It carried 15x500kg conventional bombs or 8 tonnes of nuclear weapon in its bombay or two AS-6 cruise missiles under the wings. The AS-6, which the Western intelligence informations agree to give them a range of 800 km, are firstly guided by an inertial unit and by radar on final phase. The Backfire has a range of 5 715 km at high altitude, and 2 480 km at low altitude. It is capable of more than Mach 2 at high level, and probably has a cruise speed of Mach 0.82 at low level." Tu-26 Backfire A and B characteristics Type : strategic bomber Powerplants : two turbofans (probably NK-144), capable of 22 000 kg of thrust Lenght : 41,20 m Wingspan : Spread : 33,50 m Swept : 26,80 m Height : 12,00 m Empty weight : 55 000 kg Max. weight : 123 350 kg Performances : Max speed : 2 450 km/h Service ceilling : 19 000 m Range : 5 750 km Ferry range : 12 9000 km It is impressive to see that apart some errors the inteligences already had a good idea of ​​the aircraft capabilities at this times, and yet, it still are a public article.

Poor guys... the Tu-204 may have could soon celebrate its 20 years of service without any casualties.