Search results for query: Aermacchi

...warning system - Circa "Bush/Border War" period, so I would guess it's mid to late 1980's. It was first installed on our licence built Aermacchi MB-326K (Impala Mk II). The 2nd pic highlights the initial installation and testing of the associated Chaff and Flare countermeasure dispensers...

...thanks to the end of the cold war and voilà. To say that the 346 is a mini A10 is not something that I could read static. Same mission profile (at best), less weapon (more time of exposure) and no... armor. IN your Mini you're gonna die MAXI. Not sure if that makes a good pitch for Aermacchi.

...abandoned in favor of the MFI/LFI programs. BAe made the Hawk 200 but as far as I know it went nowhere. So if some country wants the aircraft of this class, they can do better thing to buy some advanced trainer/light attacker such as Aermacchi M-346, T-50 Golden Eagle or subsonic Aero L-159 Alca.

What kind of radar were they planning to use for target designation? Yes, which is exactly why I explained earlier in this thread that the choice for Port Stanley had to be for quality over quantity - ie. the best fighter-bomber that could operate from the short runway in limited numbers (6-8...

...(later Northrop-Grumman) / Embraer EMB-312H Super Tucano - Rockwell / DASA Ranger 2000 - Cessna 526 Citationjet Trainer - Lockheed / Aermacchi MB.339A T-Bird II - Beech (later Raytheon) / Pilatus PC-9 Mk. II => Winner as T-6 Texan II But what were all the other original contenders...

Yeah, I'd actually forgot these problems Boeing had with trying to outsource production of key components and how it flopped badly. This shows the importance of co-locating the factory with the design engineering facilities.

...(before that happens, I managed to get all three side-by-side in my answer. Groovy, baby !) Note that we have a delta, a VG, and a swept-wing. Of the three, swept wing is the one that makes the more sense. (And funnily enough, in the end the RAAF got straight-wing Aermacchi for the...

Yes. and why not also add in some counter measures to manpad's when available. Seems better than Super Tucano and the like.

...to buy Gripens. From 1999 the most perspective customer was United Arab Emirates, howerver the negotiations went nowhere and the SAE bought Aermacchi M346. As for now, some 80 mil USD was spent to the program by DASA/EADS and currently there is not any real customer, willing to spend another...

...Majors in place of the first prototype's Alfa Romeo 111s. Macchi receiving C-3 plans led directly to the post-war tricycle-geared 6-seater AerMacchi B.320 (MB.320) 'macchini'. In a similar way, Ermanno Bazzocchi had derived the tricycle B.308 light plane (MB.308) from the wartime CNA PM.1...

WOW! :o Didn't know about this one! Here's a series of three photos I just found on the web: However, I find it looks more like a racer than a combat aircraft, really...

Well, at least the Frecce, will be in LA this July 4th. Here is your unique chance to see some flying over California: https://apnews.com/article/italian-air-force-vegas-flyover-los-angeles-63d5782352946086e29f124aec808c7e...

...Group) 787 operations in South Carolina as they were critical to the program and no one else would buy it. Boeing also had to buy Alenia Aermacchi's stake in Global Aeronautica (787 manufacturing) when that JV was floundering (and no one else would buy it). Today, the integrated South...

What is the math behind the 50% chance of being shot down for the Aermacchi? Ditto for 50% hit chance achievable for other plausible Argentinian A/C? As above - what is the math for the expected deeds of Etandards? Especially for 5+ SHars shot down by Etandards?

...role. Much too slow… about 350 knots at sea level loaded with 4x 500lb bombs. (See flight manual here: https://www.docdroid.com/hPy9TpV/aermacchi-mb326gb-flight-manual-pdf#page=265) By comparison an A-4C Skyhawk could fly 520-540 knots loaded at sea level. An Etendard IVM would be even...

Port Stanley was limited in its facilities and available space so I wouldn’t expect fighters based there to do more than fly CAP. They would be hard pressed to keep more than 5-6 flyable… basically just enough to fly 1 or 2 pairs at any given time. But my assumption is that would be enough to...

...industry (generally speaking) obtained outstanding results in automotive (e.g. Ferrari) it remanined confined in aerospace to turboprop, never developing a true national jet engine (like France or Sweden). All the 50's and 60's projects (both Aermacchi and FIAT) relyed on British engines.

...the Yak, bar span and rear horizontal tailplane...because it is the Yak 130 airframe and aerodynamic layout as designed by Yak and TSAGI. Aermacchi (at the time) did assist in wind tunnel testing as well as rig testing of the fbw system. This is well documented, on threads on this site no...

Re: Aermacchi Supersonic Trainer? PTS 2000? Before the M-346 and Mako? Thanks for your amazing response. I have read a little about various proposals that preceded the MB-339, and I have the impression that the final Viper engined configuration was chose over an Adour engined alternative...

...is that those who used it, used it very well with South Africans and Brazilians and not just these. Although some time after the Malvinas, Aermacchi believed enough to launch an MB-339K Veltro version capable of launching anti-ship missiles Marte MK II. Why is this information relevant? It is...