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2010-09-25 Science & Technology

New or reemerging trends in military aviation.

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Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-25 11:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1

Not new or emerging. Fielded.
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mc-liberty/

Posted by Skidmark 2010-09-25 11:44|| 2010-09-25 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry for the inconvenience, geriatric slippage, etc. I'll do my best in the remaining future.

* Note the wording Skidmark, "reemerging."

Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-25 13:09|| 2010-09-25 13:09|| Front Page Top

#3 http://www.vintageprojects.com/kids/kite-plans.html

Better, cheaper, and will give the youths something to do. I suspect a good vendor could run them up to $4K.

Posted by Shereter Turkeyneck4138 2010-09-25 14:24|| 2010-09-25 14:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you, Besoeker. It's much appreciated, especially since you've been posting a great many articles lately. (I do hope that "remaining" will be a very long time.)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-25 14:46|| 2010-09-25 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Cessna press release. No doubt light aircradft make great close air support, when there is no air or ADA threat. And they are cheap too!

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-09-25 15:24|| 2010-09-25 15:24|| Front Page Top

#6
So-called light-attack turboprops are cheap both to build and to fly. A fighter jet can cost $80m. By contrast the 208B Caravan, a light-attack turboprop made by Cessna, costs barely $2m. It also costs as little as $500 a hour to run when it is in the air, compared with $10,000 or more for a fighter jet. And, unlike jets, turboprops can use roads and fields for takeoff and landing.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-09-25 15:44|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-09-25 15:44|| Front Page Top

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