[Closed] Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full

It’s an F-5E Tiger II.

Yep, twin tailpipes would give that away, doh. My twelve year old self is now cringing as I wouldn't have made that mistake back then!

Slightly OT, but the F20 must have been built as an export model as the US had no need for it....?

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Slightly OT, but the F20 must have been built as an export model as the US had no need for it….?

Yep specifically designed for export sales, the idea was to produce a decent fighter / multi role aircraft and sell it to allies without compromising the really high end US only tech in the top end fighters.

But then US foreign policy changed and everyone just bought F-16s because they'd seen them in Iron Eagle!

And you’ve held on to it since then?

By the time there was any real need to change it, it'd stuck.

By the time there was any real need to change it, it’d stuck.

I only wanted to engineer an opening for the 'holding on too tight' line.

I have just had a thought, though, imagine if all the dialogue in Top Gun had been read by Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howard.....

But then US foreign policy changed and everyone just bought F-16s because they’d seen them in Iron Eagle!

When I was a kid, all the books and aviation mags raved about the F16, particularly in a direct dogfight with the Fulcrum. Turns out the F15 and F18 were both better aircraft. But then people used to deride the Tornado, but it was a far, far better all round aircraft than anyone gave it credit for.

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When I was a kid, all the books and aviation mags raved about the F16, particularly in a direct dogfight with the Fulcrum. Turns out the F15 and F18 were both better aircraft. But then people used to deride the Tornado, but it was a far, far better all round aircraft than anyone gave it credit for.

Citation needed...

The ground attack versions of the Tornado were, I will admit, very good at what it was originally designed to do, basically dropping bombs on things from low level. When they bolted on a big radar and made it an interceptor, it was a bit rubbish, especially as it would have been up against specialist air attack craft like the Flanker.

All aircraft generally have a niche where they excel. If you build a multi-role vehicle it will, in my opinion, always be compromised in some way. Case in point... Eurofighter2000. Build air superiority fighter based on 80's/90's specs, deliver it way past the 2000's that it was supposed to be awesome in and then, when it is deployed fully, spend a fortune modifying it to drop bombs. Then sell the later ones to Saudi.

Sorry, ranting a bit there. This is not a place to discuss procurement decisions.

F16 is a cracking plane, but it's not the interceptor that the F15 is or carrier capable like the F18. It's still bloody good as a fighter though and I would say better than both in a dogfight.

What we really need is an Airwolf remake....

No we do not. Leave Airwolf alone.

You could do a remake of Blue Thunder, the premise of the film is still valid today, but Airwolf needs to be left alone.

You could do a remake of Blue Thunder

I'm hoping Cruise is on a roll and remakes Days of Thunder!

He could just do a melange of all his early movies. They all basically have the same plot.

Risky Cock Thunder or somesuch.

Thunder in paradise too, with the rock filling in for Hulk Hogan.

Blue Thunder in Paradise?

I've not seen a wrestler fight a helicopter since Pat Roache in Indiana Jones.

Actually, there's probably a thread to be had in this...

You could do a remake of Blue Thunder

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