Since there is no topic yet on the military sales at Le Bourget, I'll start one. First (at least known to me) sales are announced by India. They have confirmed an order for 10 C-17's, and for 75 PC-7 mkII's.
The communication(posted on Liveatc.net) between the tower, the B-17 and the P-40 was quite chaotic. After the pilot of the P-40 started yelling "you're on fire!" the tower didn't know who was on fire, or who was yelling. But his warnings might be one of the reasons the B-17 crew managed to make a s...
The German Do-228 and P-3 have been confirmed for more airshows, and cancelled again (Zeltweg, Fairford), so I am afraid they won't show up at Leeuwarden.
Nooit over nagedacht, maar inderdaad, ik ben rechts, en kijk door de zoeker met mn linkeroog.... Zelfde met de pijp, ook daar kijk ik met links doorheen.
Ik schrijf geen UAV's, en ben ook niet van plan dat te gaan doen. Hoewel sommige UAV's (MQ-1, MQ-4, Beast of Kandahar) behoorlijk groot zijn, leg ik toch de grens bij het bemannen van een toestel.