General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: save on July 13, 2016, 08:14:38 PM
Title: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: save on July 13, 2016, 08:14:38 PM
Nice video !
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: GScholz on July 13, 2016, 11:23:00 PM
:aok
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Post by: Vraciu on July 19, 2016, 10:05:09 AM
Always seemed like an odd plane to me.
Been around forever.
Fair skies, Super Standard. :salute
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Post by: BuckShot on July 29, 2016, 12:25:53 PM
Cool video, thanks for posting.
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: GScholz on August 02, 2016, 09:11:18 AM
I'm actually surprised it took so long to replace it considering its replacement has been in service for quite a while now.
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Post by: colmbo on August 02, 2016, 01:28:11 PM
Edward Busyhands there coming aboard the boat.
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Post by: icepac on August 02, 2016, 05:02:36 PM
Pretty sure it's the last plane to have sunk a large ship.
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Post by: Gman on August 02, 2016, 06:02:33 PM
I think you're right - other Mirage models heavily damaged USS Stark, but it didn't sink. Speaking of which, at RIMPAC this year, they shot up an old Perry class ship - Harpooned it, SM2'd it, gunned it, bombed it, and hit it with a torp - still floated. One tough ship - wonder how the LCS would stand up to all that...
The Falklands I think was the last time an air launched missile sank a ship, although I do know that Australia sank a DPRK drug smuggling ship with 2 LGB from a couple Hornets, I have the video somewhere. So it depends on what you call "large" I guess. I know Aussie F111s sank another ship too before they were retired.
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: oakranger on August 06, 2016, 09:35:08 PM
go to 2:25 and watch the pilot work the throttle while landing.
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: SirNuke on August 26, 2016, 11:01:12 AM
IIRC the super etendard was still a front line fighter because there was not enough rafales to fill ranks and/or it could not assume all the roles yet.
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: GScholz on August 26, 2016, 01:12:02 PM
Never really a fighter though. It's a subsonic naval strike bomber, similar to the A-4 in US service.
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Post by: SirNuke on August 27, 2016, 04:59:15 AM
go to 2:25 and watch the pilot work the throttle while landing.
That part is awesome. As I'm sure you know, Navy pilots use the throttles to control rate of decent/ascent, and pitch to control airspeed when landing. Kind of the opposite of when flying normally. Source: Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History) Hardcover – June 1, 1997 by Paul T. Gillcrist (Author)
Title: Re: goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise
Post by: Vraciu on August 27, 2016, 12:33:17 PM
That part is awesome. As I'm sure you know, Navy pilots use the throttles to control rate of decent/ascent, and pitch to control airspeed when landing. Kind of the opposite of when flying normally. Source: Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History) Hardcover – June 1, 1997 by Paul T. Gillcrist (Author)
Actually, that's the way I fly and teach all my students. The Navy has no monopoly on this technique. It's the de facto standard best I can tell.
Gator has some good books but he is wrong sometimes.