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Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:09 am
by edzmen
The other day I was cleaning my out my old computer of screenshots I didn't want to copy to my new PC.
I came across this little collection I took last summer in FS2002.
I thought i'd just share them with you before i delete them for good.
I realise the quality isn't great as my old PC was only running at 800MHZ - hence the reason for the upgrade.
Enjoy! [Lemme know what you think...]

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BAe Systems Eurofighter US Tour - "Showing the yanks what a propper fighter jet looks like."  [Sorry, I couldn't resist, what with all the current talk of the Raptor programme problems and cut-backs...;D ;)]

Statue Of Liberty Flypast:
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Andrews AFB stop-over:
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Overhead Washington DC:
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Pentagon Flypast:
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Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:38 am
by lemoncat
i was flying in that very area the other day thinking how good the white house looked.. i landed a helo in the middle grassy bit of the pentagon ;D..some great scenery round them parts..love the shots edzmen :)

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:25 am
by jordonj
You're lucky they didn't scramble a flight of F-16s after you!

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:26 am
by C
You're lucky they didn't scramble a flight of F-16s after you!


The F-16s are lucky they didn't scramble...

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:43 am
by igorski
:D nice to see DA4 doing the rounds again, cool shots  8) and some familier locations from my Holidays in DC a few years back

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:33 am
by edzmen

The F-16s are lucky they didn't scramble...


lol - thats very true!
F-15s and F-18s are also lucky they weren't CHOSEN to scramble!

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:54 pm
by Stormtropper
....but then theres the F/A-22...

...hehe...the Eurofighter won't live long enough to realized that it scrambled ;D

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:54 pm
by jordonj
Nyahh...we would just have started a war against your country! ;D

Ooops...Politics! :-[  Bad JordonJ! ;D

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:10 pm
by C
....but then theres the F/A-22...

...hehe...the Eurofighter won't live long enough to realized that it scrambled ;D


Until they base the F/A-22 at Lakenheath I think we're safe... ;D

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:34 pm
by Craig.
....but then theres the F/A-22...

...hehe...the Eurofighter won't live long enough to realized that it scrambled ;D

Your right, they would have run out of fuel by the time an operational raptor with weapons and enough fuel was found. ;)

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:36 pm
by Stormtropper
Na...with a cruising speed of Mach 1.8, we can get a raptor out of Edwards and intercept that Eurofighter in Washington in less than 2 hours2 ;)

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:37 pm
by || Andy ||
N' by that time the eurofighter would have some other pals... or run, or just beat the f-22 up so much..

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:42 pm
by Craig.
Na...with a cruising speed of Mach 1.8, we can get a raptor out of Edwards and intercept that Eurofighter in Washington in less than 2 hours2 ;)

considering the top speed of both is identicle it wouldnt really matter all that much.

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:00 pm
by edzmen
And the Eurofighter has an 80% kill- rate on first attempt and it's allready in service.

The Raptor has a 90% first- time kill-rate, but its not yet operational - and it may not be as effective as this if more budget cuts are made???

So currently the Eurofighter has no opposition! 8) ;D

Re: Eurofighter USA Tour

PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:07 pm
by Stormtropper
Yes, but that 90% kill rate is at a longer range (Raptor can sight target at 200+ miles and shoot and kill targets at 100+ miles), and its virtually invisible to radar.