Jon S. Berndt wrote: >> Boy that Mig 29 sure is interesting. This weekend on the History >> Channel there has been a lot of US War Planes but this Mig 29 and its >> rear trust controllers and its hover ability is neat. > > Flashy, yes. Neat, yes. In a dogfight, that ability to hover would make it > an easy target. > > Jon > >
That was not the experience with the Harrier in the Falklands, the ability to hover gave it a distinct advantage even with air-to-air exocets on board the Argentinian jets. When you can slow to let the other guy get nicely in your sights, it's a turkey shoot. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
