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Its not that surprising. In 1994, when Aermacchi left the coalition with DASA to develop advanced trainer/light combat aircraft AT-2000 (later MAKO), DASA managed to keep the program alive by partnering with Denel aviation (avionics) and Korean Hyundai (manufacturing of large non-composite...

...derivative Grumman/Beech Northrop/Vought General Dynamics/American Airlines (? ? ?) Rockwell NA-424 Douglas D-7000 (with British Aerospace) AerMacchi MB-339 (with Advanced Technology Systems) Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet (with Lockheed California) McDonnell Douglas/British Aerospace Hawk I...

Given that there have been tie-ins over the years between Lockheed and Aermacchi (AL-60, Lockheed choice of the MB339 for the JPATS competition, etc.), a direct Lockheed influence on the design is not totally beyond the realm of possibility, not, I'll concede, likely but by no means unthinkable.

Hmm? All the photos I've ever seen of the MB-326 prototype show it as having tandem seating and without the tip tanks.

In the 50's in general... did SIAI marchetti flew a jet aircraft in the end ? hmm Jemiba you're right :P :D

Re: Aermacchi Supersonic Trainer? PTS 2000? Before the M-346 and Mako? Ok, it took a while, and I'm convinced I have a lot of other material reagrding this topic. the problem is to find it. Anyway, this is the story. After Aeronautica Militare chose the MB-339 design for an advanced trainer...

...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?