New French AF Mirage2000C Scheme..

Steyr

I dunno about this one fellas, I kinda like it as its a bit retro but not in the good way like the Airlines are doing lately.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Franc...00C/1545737/M/

Delta Kilo

No not a fan either, it looks more like a deck of playing cards! There is too much detail on it...That refuel sticky-out bit looks wrong too.

Steyr

Delta Kilo wrote: »

No not a fan either, it looks more like a deck of playing cards! There is too much detail on it...That refuel sticky-out bit looks wrong too.

That's the refuelling probe for Mid Air Refuelling and it's not retractable but is removeable so cant go away into a housing like on the Tornado's or Harriers.

Funnily enough the Mirage2000 Series of Aircraft is the remnance of Dassault design efforts performed from 1965 to 1975. The first in this series was a collaborative project known as the "Anglo-French Variable Geometry (AFVG)" swing-wing aircraft, begun in 1965. The collaboration was a fiasco, with the the French pulling out in 1967. The British stayed with the concept and formed another collaboration with the Germans and Italians, which eventually produced the Panavia "Tornado".

Seems like the French got a good Aircraft out of it at the end but id still prefer a Tonka.

Tenger

Steyr wrote: »

That's the refuelling probe for Mid Air Refuelling and it's not retractable but is removeable so cant go away into a housing like on the Tornado's or Harriers.

Humbug......refuely-sticky-out-bit is a better term...

The Rafale has the same non-retractable refuely-sticky-out-bit.

Didn't know that about the genesis of the Tornado. Seems the French went out of their way to piss other countries off in the 1960s. Didn't they pull out of NATO then? ANd they still refuse to share info on nuclear subs,hence the collision a few months ago. I also remember reading that their troops were effectively sidelined during Desert Storm as the French Government was viewed as too closely alligned with Saddams regime. (The nuclear reactor at osirak was nicknamed O'Chirac)


Back OT: Yes that livery is too much,the deck of cards analogy is spot on

Captain Chaos

The French did the same thing with the Tornado program as the Eurofighter program. The French wanted an 8 tonne fighter and to be able to operate from carriers. When the Eurofighter design got to 9.5 tonnes and was likely to get heavier they went of and developed the Rafale.

Should have a search for the new Italian display F-16 green and black scheme, looks really good imo.

Tenger

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The French did the same thing with the Tornado program as the Eurofighter program.

Splitters!

Grim.

looks like a child built an airfix kit and stuck every decal in the box on

FiSe

It looks like a checkerboard....maybe because....the Picardy coat of arms looks like that.
I think it's a nice and clean scheme, the only thing I wouldn't be mad about is that big out of proportions E.C. 2/12 on the fuselage.

Can anyone imagine PC9 bearing full Coat of Arm of Ireland, talk about every decal from the spare box :rolleyes:


Re Rafale: One of the nicest aircraft of today. Beautiful.