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| New or reemerging trends in military aviation. |
| 2010-09-25 |
| Boesoeker: If you want to post a lotta stuff, please make your contributions more rewarding by making mods' jobs easier: Keep posts WoT with Wot and so on. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1 Not new or emerging. Fielded. http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mc-liberty/ |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-09-25 11:44 |