Comments for The Aviationist http://theaviationist.com David Cenciotti's weblog Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Air Force One for sale! by Conrad Hunter http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/air-force-1-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-22519 Conrad Hunter Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18256#comment-22519 Only if it comes with a full tank of gas.

]]> Comment on Air Force One for sale! by Jacek Siminski http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/air-force-1-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-22518 Jacek Siminski Fri, 17 May 2013 11:25:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18256#comment-22518 It is AF1. It’s not the 747.

]]> Comment on U.S. Air Force KC-135 crash in Kyrgyzstan update by Winston Smith http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/05/kc-135-crash-update/comment-page-1/#comment-22507 Winston Smith Fri, 17 May 2013 07:03:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18119#comment-22507 How’s this an update?

]]> Comment on Air Force One for sale! by Winston Smith http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/air-force-1-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-22506 Winston Smith Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18256#comment-22506 Will China buy it?

]]> Comment on Germany to end its High Altitude Long Endurance Eurohawk drone programme by hwilker http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/eurohawk-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-22505 hwilker Fri, 17 May 2013 05:13:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18287#comment-22505 Note that the “600-700 million euros” are only the projected costs of complying with EASA regulations – that amount would largely be in addition to the budgeted 1,2 billion euros for the aircraft, because the German acqusition agency overlooked the difficulties involved with this. It seems as if all this was obvious even to external observers in May 2011.

If you read German, augengeradeaus.net has some very interesting discussions with knowledgeable contributors on this subject:

http://augengeradeaus.net/tag/eurohawk/

]]> Comment on Germany to end its High Altitude Long Endurance Eurohawk drone programme by StarDagger http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/eurohawk-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-22504 StarDagger Fri, 17 May 2013 01:21:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18287#comment-22504 A country smart enough not to waste money on garbage

]]> Comment on Air Force One for sale! by John Jurik http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/16/air-force-1-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-22503 John Jurik Thu, 16 May 2013 18:45:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18256#comment-22503 That’s not AF1.

]]> Comment on Iran unveils new indigenous stealth fighter “Qaher 313″. And here’s a detailed analysis. by kizi 2 http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/02/iran-new-stealth-fighter/comment-page-8/#comment-22502 kizi 2 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=16450#comment-22502 Great view to see. Great article

]]> Comment on Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its “Flat Eric” yellow puppet mascot unemployed by the_To http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/15/flat-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-22494 the_To Thu, 16 May 2013 14:13:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18182#comment-22494 Heh !

]]> Comment on [Video] U.S. Navy launches its killer drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier. A new era has begun. by Aron Levy http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/14/ucav-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-22493 Aron Levy Wed, 15 May 2013 01:08:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18270#comment-22493 Really quick: that’s the USS George *H*W Bush.

Bush, Jr doesn’t have an aircraft carrier named after him.

]]> Comment on Upgraded F-35 Block 2A Joint Strike Fighters delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Still much to do, though. by wwoud http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/11/block-2a-joint-strike-fighters/comment-page-1/#comment-22464 wwoud Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18208#comment-22464 Never mind the English. Facts and figures and taxpayer’s money count. I just wonder whether this aircraft is fully operational, when Rasmussen leaves his post of President of the European Union in 2018

]]> Comment on Upgraded F-35 Block 2A Joint Strike Fighters delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Still much to do, though. by wwoud http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/11/block-2a-joint-strike-fighters/comment-page-1/#comment-22463 wwoud Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18208#comment-22463 Never mind the English. Facts and figures and taxpayer’s money count. I just wonder whether this aircraft is fully operational, when Rasmussen leaves his post of President of the European Union in 2018

]]> Comment on Contacts by kmbog http://theaviationist.com/contacts/comment-page-6/#comment-22462 kmbog Tue, 14 May 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.komputika.net/contacts/#comment-22462 USN UCAS launched off carrier today…

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NAVAIRNewsStory&id=5341

]]> Comment on Contacts by kmbog http://theaviationist.com/contacts/comment-page-6/#comment-22461 kmbog Tue, 14 May 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.komputika.net/contacts/#comment-22461 USN UCAS launched off carrier today…

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NAVAIRNewsStory&id=5341

]]> Comment on Examining Israeli Air Force Weaponeering in the Damascus Strike by t_j http://theaviationist.com/2013/05/06/israeli-weapons-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-22459 t_j Tue, 14 May 2013 17:32:00 +0000 http://theaviationist.com/?p=18152#comment-22459 Where is the source that confirms that Syria has S-300s? Russia has always stated that no S-300s have been delivered to Syria. Potential S-300 contracts for Syria have always been put on hold as with deliveries to Iran. Both Israel and the US have always pressured Russia to keep these strategic systems from being delivered.

A few years ago Israel used the leverage of the transfer and sales of UAV systems to Russia to keep such Syrian contracts from being honoured.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has recently ruled out any S-300s for Syria.

http://rt.com/news/russia-syria-weapons-sell-103/

It isn’t a system that Syria can hide and simply keep for a rainy day. The Russians know that any clandestine sale is going to be found out and will be extremely embarrassing after constant denials of S-300 contracts being fulfilled. If Russia was to deliver S-300s to Syria then it would be via an open and acknowledged contract for example if they were to fulfil deliveries of Yak-130s or MiGs.

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