the T50 looks so flat and wide, almost like someone pancaked a F22 (not that I don’t like the T50, I prefer it to the J20 actually).

Call me old fashioned but as a student of history, if it’s taught me one thing, the intangible quality of Mother Russia, the sheer land itself, it’s size and scope are the most potent weapon they possess. Man it’s like an instant -50 potency to any invading force, probably what gives them the gumption to be…

Well that’s what I thought, but I remember the Indian P8s have a more traditional rod like MAD protruding out back, and considering how new they are I would assume any such addition on US jets would be the same. If not, boo if the US once again provided the B-spec (I get it for bleeding edge combat jets but a P8,…

Oh, I always assumed the whole in the floor toilet thing was either a urban myth about planes ( I swear I saw a documentary about how they had to develop a new toilet system for the Airbus A380 because of it’s immense size) and rudimentary local trains in India.

Oh indeed I’ve been very surprised but given what you say it does make sense.

Last I heard Proton was having some cash flow problems of note, especially with a change in management or something to that effect. It was one of the reasons the brash ex CEO who masterminded the much vaunted Lotus revival plan was outed, a clash with his new paymasters.

Thing is Fiat is a great manufacturer but they have an incredibly jaded reputation in India and an abysmal market share to show for their efforts. What they do have is possible the small diesel engine of choice in India, and it is through Fiat’s canny supply of their diesel engines to some of India’s largest…

Well Jeep and Alfa would be my votes for direct competitors to JLR.

I was also trying to imply the F-22’s Tyler recently wrote about that have been based in Europe, and IIRC they’re ANG too. I definitely thought the rare as hell Raptor was just for the big boys at the USAF proper. I always assumed that the ANG got hand-me-downs, albeit still very advanced ones when compared relatively…

Understandable though I would say the Soviets were the go-to guys for designing in features for operations out of the butt end of nowhere

surprised there hasn’t been any word from the Agnelli family on this, however hands off they may be.

India actually is a crowded market but I can see what you mean compared to the sheer number of brands that compete in China. Still, I doubt Suzuki has the wherewithal for such a merger. It’s been obvious for a pretty long time now but Suzuki’s Indian subsidiary Maruti is now essentially the main bread earner for the…

No way. I can’t tell if you’re serious. Why would it be charred then? If so, what were they eating?!

Please leave your weapons in the safety position.

Omg, all the colours going on in here. It’s like those Alienware laptops and their multi-coloured keyboards.

In the video this charred port was visible albeit on the right side, what is it for?

wow, the Air National Guard seems to have a lot of nice stuff, like stuff I’d have thought would be the domain of the USAF only

I hadn’t thought to use the word raked but you understood where I was going.

I remember at one point Boeing advocated against winglets, early on when they were aggressively marketing the Dreamliner, which if memory serves me doesn’t have any.

Those little winglets for the rendered model sure are interesting. Reminded me of this for some reason