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SamuraiBlue

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• Feb 6, 2016

• #1,711

Janiz said:

25DD in Nagasaki shipyard on the right hand lower corner

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I believe the large joy cruiser is the one that had suffered arson.

 

Jeff Head

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• Feb 10, 2016

• #1,712

Japanese taxi test of X-2 Stealth fighter Tech Demonstrator.

Nice!

Here are some pics:

 

siegecrossbow

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,713

Jeff Head said:

Japanese taxi test of X-2 Stealth fighter Tech Demonstrator.

Nice!

Here are some pics:

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Estimation of first flight date?

 

Deino

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,714

Planned for the 20. February !

 

siegecrossbow

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,715

Deino said:

Planned for the 20. February !

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I was hoping for February 22nd. It'll be 222, just like how the J-20 took off on 111.

 

S

strehl

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,716

Why does the cockpit look like it is sized for a two man crew? Are they planning to install a 2nd seat?

 

Deino

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,717

No, ... it's simply a testbird and in order to reduce cost they decided to use some off-the-shelf items - here a canopy of the T-4 trainer - and the F-1's LG - ...

 

Jeff Head

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,718

siegecrossbow said:

Estimation of first flight date?

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I believe one week from this coming Saturday...Feb. 20th.

 

SamuraiBlue

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• Feb 11, 2016

• #1,719

siegecrossbow said:

I was hoping for February 22nd. It'll be 222, just like how the J-20 took off on 111.

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Although Japanese are superstitious as the next race, marketing trumps superstition all the time here in Japan.
Compared to Monday, Saturday would gather a much larger crowd making it news worthy to hike up the stock prices for MHI.

 

Hyperwarp

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• Feb 12, 2016

• #1,720

... for me the most intriguing part would be the nozzle. Reminds me of the F-18 HARV & X-31. The X-2 should be insanely maneuverable -

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