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smellie said:
If the MiG-35 is anything like other Russian equipment, it will be low-maintenance, rugged, expensive on fuel and able to operate almost anywhere.

Almost sounds like a recipe for duty in this country.

Why haven't we designed and built our own?
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well can't have that, carbon tax and all, would be surprised that the Liberals did not include an electric only option. Might be hard to make an electric airplane but hey perhaps the Liberals could get some electric powered icebreakers, you would have to plug them in every night to their charging stations.
 
smellie said:
If the MiG-35 is anything like other Russian equipment, it will be low-maintenance, rugged, expensive on fuel and able to operate almost anywhere.

Almost sounds like a recipe for duty in this country.

Why haven't we designed and built our own?
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We're only allowed to build complex military systems if we can sell more of them to the Saudis than to ourselves, so they can stomp all over the Middle East, and undercut our oil production and prices.
 
Enough bitter political stuff, lads. Pictures, please.

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The Bf-109X. This from Wikipedia:

After the success of the demonstration at the meeting of Zürich in 1937, Udet was receptive to the idea of developing an export version of the Bf 109 but with a different engine than the DB 601. The engine chosen was the P&W "Twin Wasp" SC-G of 1200 hp. The Messerschmitt company received a contract from RLM/LC on 13 June 1938 to fit the P&W Twin Wasp on the Bf 109 V21 (21st prototype) Werknummer 1770 (D-IFKQ). Even the maiden flight date is not known; it is established that Hermann Wurster flew it at Augsburg on 17 August 1939. In September 1940 it was part of the DVL (Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt) at Brauschweig-Völkenrode with the Stammkennzeichen code KB+II. Its end is not known.

As the BMW 801 radial engine became available, a Bf 109F, Werknummer 5608, callsign D-ITXP was converted with a BMW 801 A-0. This aircraft became a prototype for the Bf 109X. The fuselage had a wider cross-section, and a new canopy was fitted. The wing tips were akin to that of the Bf 109E. The prototype was first flown by Flugkapitän Fritz Wendel on 2 September 1940, and the test flights continued despite troubles with the BMW 801A powerplant. Development was stopped in early 1942.
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But what if you have a date on Saturday with a girl named Gerta who loves airplanes? Well then, the only solution for the up-and-coming young Luftwaffe Experten is the ME-109 G-12, with seatng for two:

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What's VERY cool is that you can have the experience today:

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According to Wikipedia, she was born a HA-1112-M1L (c/n 234 C.4K-169) in Spain and was subsequently restored to Bf 109 G-12 (two-seat trainer) status with a DB605. An online article tells us this:

Following the successful test flights of their unique Me109 G-12 D-FMGZ in 2016 the Air Fighter Academy have now made further major engineering changes to increase the capability of the aircraft.

Firstly, they have now modified the aircraft to enable a quick engine change to be made giving the opportunity to fly the aircraft with either an original DB 605 engine or alternatively with a Rolls Royce Merlin 500-45. The modifications that have been made enable everything in front of the firewall to be changed quickly so that the aircraft can be flown with either engine. The aircraft now has two engines, two props and two cowling sets all of which are now fully airworthy for use in the aircraft. A complete engine change can now be made in a few days.

Secondly the G-12 has had its fuel capacity significantly increased with the installation of an additional fuselage fuel tank taking the new fuel capacity to 320 litres. This is over double the original fuel capacity and now gives the aircraft far greater endurance and hence ease of operation.
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Looks like it's for sale at the moment: https://www.boschungglobal.com/Inventory/Warbirds/Messerschmitt/Bf-109-G-12/D-FMGZ. Hope you've been saving your bottle money...:)
 
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Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly:

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The Yankee Storch. Only four built. Performance was impressive:

At gross weight, the YO-51 could, without flaps, take off after a run of 400 feet, while with full flaps the takeoff run would be only 75 feet, or just four feet more than twice its own length. The Dragonfly was capable of maintaining level flight at speeds as low as 30 miles per hour (48 km/h), and was claimed as being capable of landing in a distance shorter than the length of the aircraft itself.
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Lost out to this beauty:

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The Stinson L-1 Vigilant. Guess closed cockpits had a certain appeal.
 
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The flaps are almost the size of the wings!!!(just like the Storch)

No wonder the damn thing could take off in such a short distance.........

I wonder why they didn't see service in WWII as artillery spotters and medevacs?
 
And a basic concept they seemed to keep trying with post-war. Here's the squattest jet powered anything I've ever seen, the S.N.C.A.C. NC-1071:

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God bless 'em, it's like they can't help themselves. And yet, they also created this item of sublime beauty, the Amiot 351:

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