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Never forget.

Heard about this but have never seen them aboard ship.

If it can do this on land it can do it at sea. Wow what a sports car of a plane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFEqmPececo&feature=related

They sem to jump off the runway on land, good head wind and a ship steaming I'm sure the leaped into the air off the carriers.

When will their conventional carrier be ready?

God has spoken

OK peeps, I would like to start this topic. If you were able to lobby the NZ Govt on behalf of the RNZAF what platform would you recomened and what facts, statements, and arguments would you make to back up your choice. A little history if you are not familiar with the RNZAF they have no strike fighter capability. In 2001 the Labour Government removed the RNZAF air combat capability by cancelling the purchase of 28 Block 15 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters and disbanding the No 2 and No 75 A-4K KAHU Skyhawk squadrons and the No 14 Aermacchi training squadron. Most of the RNZAF's fighter pilots subsequently left New Zealand to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. Keep in mind you have to convince the Labour party why they need such an aircraft. I'll play the role of the Defense Minister. Use your imagination. Remember it has to be cost effective, multi role capable, and a proven platform. Now go do your homework.

20 Spitfires found buried in Burma looks like RNZAF could get some birds.

Like I said in the other similar thread, would love to see them up in a mass flyby.

Looks like these birds are in good shape. Would love to see all of them up in a mass flyby.

Makes sense w/US govt cutting back on the military.

I love this!

This is the video my wife took of the big "D" shuttle. It took off right at our building a the Ron Jons Resort. Flew South to Cocoa then North along the coast and then did a fly by over Kennedy Space Center. http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?video_id=oOHg7t3LNAE&video_referrer=watch&ns=1&feature=mhsn

NASA shuttle to DC I am in Cape Canaveral for this week, will try to watch for it early but it may be to dark when they depart in the a.m.

Article: Wrong turn grants glimpse behind N. Korean curtain

I remember reading about this about 15-20 + years ago/

Looks like the JSDAF demo team Blue Impulse have felt the pressure of budget cuts.

Derk, I fell on this while surffing the web and was laughing so hard I pulled a muscle in my back and chest.

This music makes me think that the Blue Angles are special guest stars on CHiPs, and Ponch & Jhon will use the Blues to solve some type of crime.

Rgr that.

Derk thats what I'm lookin for

JediMaster, Here's my original post to start this off. Did you read it? You are proposing to buy new when that will never happen all at once. You suggest wait several years for Typhoons, F-18 Suprs, and F-35s way to expensive for NZ, that is never gonna happen. Think frugal. The point is to start now and get the strike wing up and running in a cost effective proposal. It may not be the best planes or newest planes, just somthing that can do better than what they have now, which is nothing. Which countries are selling thier Typhoons and Gripens. The later started being delivered in 1997 and about 6 years ago the Typhoons. 15 years+ before any of these become available in substantial numbers. As I said before "Now you can propose buying new It would be great, but it would be less expensive to get in and running with both new and used and swap out the older ones for newer right?"