A new video, released by Textron, shows the Scorpion taxiing, taking off, maneuvering and landing after a 1.4-hour test flight.
The aircraft is a two-seater with twin canted tails, two 8,000-lb turbofan engines, straight wings with internal weapons bay and external hardpoints to accomodate precision guided munitions.
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.
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so similar to the F-14A
Be interesting to see what size a 1/72 model kit might be of the aircraft. May need a magnifying glass. Come to think of it, The Brits may be interested for deployment on their future large aircraft carriers that are coming into service – instead of up to 24 F-35Bs they could deploy, say, 150 of these? Just a thought ;-)
so similar to the F-14A
Be interesting to see what size a 1/72 model kit might be of the aircraft. May need a magnifying glass. Come to think of it, The Brits may be interested for deployment on their future large aircraft carriers that are coming into service – instead of up to 24 F-35Bs they could deploy, say, 150 of these? Just a thought ;-)