Eurofighter USA Tour

[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... ]

Statue Of Liberty Flypast:


Andrews AFB stop-over:


Overhead Washington DC:


Pentagon Flypast:

[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 ..some great scenery round them parts..love the shots edzmen

[jordonj]

You're lucky they didn't scramble a flight of F-16s after you!

[C]

You're lucky they didn't scramble a flight of F-16s after you!

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

[igorski]

nice to see DA4 doing the rounds again, cool shots  8) and some familier locations from my Holidays in DC a few years back

[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!

[Stormtropper]

....but then theres the F/A-22...

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

[jordonj]

Nyahh...we would just have started a war against your country!

Ooops...Politics!  Bad JordonJ!

[C]

....but then theres the F/A-22...

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

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

[Craig.]

....but then theres the F/A-22...

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

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

[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

[|| Andy ||]

N' by that time the eurofighter would have some other pals... or run, or just beat the f-22 up so much..

[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.

[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!

[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.