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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
Boeing TX
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Josh Patterson
SOH-CM-2023
Wow, that looks for all the world like a two place BD10 with some Hornet thrown in! Could there possibly be a civvie sport jet version in the future as well?
StormILM
Charter Member
My eldest cousin who's a retired USAF Colonel/F-4E Demo Pilot & former Deputy Inspector General of the USAF has been keeping close tabs on the T-X program. He indicated to me on more than one occasion over the last year that the T-50 has a major leap over the Boeing in terms of progress and furthered development. He noted that while the Boeing T-X and Leonardo T-100 are by no means out of the running, the Air Force clearly likes the T-50 over the other designs and USAF pilots who have flown it give it very high marks. I for one am looking forward to the fly-off competition to see how they stack up against one another. Regarding the Leonardo T-100, the Israelis seem to be very happy with their variant of that aircraft. [h=3][/h]
Sundog
SOH-CM-2026
Here's the official web page if anyone is interested. Boeing T-X
Very impressive! I love their simulator. Wish our's looked like that. I can only imagine what kind of computer equipment is driving their simulator.
http://www.boeing.com/defense/t-x/index.page#/video-player/boeing-t-x-real-as-it-gets-training
http://www.boeing.com/defense/t-x/index.page#/video-player/boeing-t-x-real-as-it-gets-training
DennyA
SOH-CM-2023
[SUB]Bummer, I was hoping someone had released a flight sim version when I saw the topic title!
Shame the T-50 is ahead, given it's a 16-year-old design based itself on the 44-year-old F-16. I wonder if the T-50 has an advantage because it's more "mature," but if that's shortsighted if the T-X has the advantage of being a clean-slate design?
The Leonardo/Raytheon T-100 getting it would be crazy, given that it's based off the same root design as the Russian YAK-130.
Realistically, it's probably more about whether the government decides Lockheed or Boeing needs the military production funding than it is the capability of the actual aircraft. (See: YF-23.)
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Shame the T-50 is ahead, given it's a 16-year-old design based itself on the 44-year-old F-16. I wonder if the T-50 has an advantage because it's more "mature," but if that's shortsighted if the T-X has the advantage of being a clean-slate design?
The Leonardo/Raytheon T-100 getting it would be crazy, given that it's based off the same root design as the Russian YAK-130.
Realistically, it's probably more about whether the government decides Lockheed or Boeing needs the military production funding than it is the capability of the actual aircraft. (See: YF-23.)
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