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Fizree Helmi

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  1. hopefully it is just a comm error.... hope for the best for all on board.
  2. you should see it in white... It looks better than this one. The a/c have been there since 1988 or 1989. At that time, I was really amazed to see an a/c on top of a gate of a house some where in Cheras.
  3. I know that Malaysia and US is in a good term right now. If not, there won't be an airshow by the famous Thunderbird of the USAF. That why I've wrote "IF". If I'm wrong, please correct my statement, an a/c with IFF is identity by code number right? Each code number is represent for either military or civilian a/c, type of a/c and country of origin of the a/c. So if IFF is an US allied a/c, eg thailand, will the missile on board TUDM F/A-18D fire even if we do have conflict with them?
  4. Yes, there is no reason why RMAF wanted to target USAF but "if" we are at war with US or any US allied, TUDM F/A-18D can't shoot any of the planes. F-5E and F/A-18D is totally 2 different. Even with downgrade version, F/A-18D is much more better version then those F-5E. I did not said that TUDM F/A-18D is restricted to air to ground only. True, F/A-18 is a formidable air to air fighter a/c, but the D model is primarily operated in the night attack and FAC (Forward Air Controller) roles.
  5. Don't think so. Base on what I hear, TUDM F/A-18D can't even lock on to fire on any US allied planes. Plus do you really think that US DOD will give TUDM the same spec as the USAF/USN/USMC F/A-18D(even it is a delivery mistake). Malaysian military critics said that TUDM F/A-18D are 5-10 times downgrade then the a/c of USAF/USN/USMC. The only reason why TUDM acquired that a/c was the "all weather ground attack capability". That is why only 8 a/c are in service with TUDM not 18 a/c like MIG-29N and SU-30MKM.
  6. It is better then TUDM upgrade those MIG-29N/UB. There is where "a few" will get rich. Rather spend to upgrade the MIG-29N/UB, it is better to get newer/ better a/c then those MIG-29N/UB... Yes mokhzani, MIG-29N/UB is the shortest operational a/c in TUDM's. Base on what I hear, this is due to MIG-29N/UB that RMAF acquired is an old version of the MIG-29 series (still using old materiel to build TUDM's MIG-29), but TUDM pilots fly it over the limit of the plane. The airframe of this MIG-29N/UB is not strong enough to withstand the "crazy" maneuvers made by RMAF pilots. That is why the Australian air force pilots call the TUDM pilots "skillful but crazy". You also have witness how those pilots maneuvers their a/c right? To be not impressed by the Thunderbirds' performance, those MIG pilots must have made some awesome maneuvers. Other thing is, the current avionic for this MIG-29N/UB is way to advance for the plane to handle coz they have been upgraded many times since 1999. That is why TUDM should decommission those MIG-29N/UB rather then upgrade it(it would be waste of money to maintain this a/c just by upgrading them). With the 26 multi-role a/c(SU-30MkM and F/A-18D) that TUDM have in their inventory, I thing it is still not enough to defend the whole of Malaysia. TUDM's BAE Hawk 108 and 208 is out of the question coz it is specialized on short-range close air support and ground attack rather then on air defense. What TUDM really need is another interceptor/multi-role type of a/c(Eurofighter Typhoon, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, JAS 39 Gripen or MIG-35) to replace those MIG-29N/UB.
  7. for today or the event? Just want to ask you guys about the event. Are there any passes to enter the base or people just can walk in to see the show?
  8. Correct me if I'm wrong but the earlier message send by the on board computer of flight AF 447 to Air France Maintenance show that the aircraft indicating failure in the electric circuit and loss of pressurization. Then the French investigator are saying that the plane do not break apart in mid air and the plane struck sea surface on belly? This is weird? 2 different statement. Are they covering up for something?
  9. Straight down!!! How can this be? Forgive me if I'm wrong but if the plane went straight down to the sea, can the 51 bodies be recover intact? One of the episode of air crash investigation (which episode I can't remember) a plane crash straight down to the sea, and a tin was found crush flat at the sea bed near the wreckage of the plane. The investigator of that crash said that the plane hit the sea like hitting a concrete wall making the tin become crush like that. I'm a bit shocked that the French air investigation announced like that.
  10. Do they actually wear that thing? , or it is just for advertising?
  11. Hope that this accident will never happen to other Airbus A330 and A340 or any other airplanes even though the 2 black boxes will never been found. This exact cause of accident will always be a mystery to all of us.
  12. Read the newspaper today saying that the child is the only survived of the crash
  13. At one time, the Final Destination movie make me afraid of flying because I saw that movie 1 month before my trip to Europe. The first thing that run in my mind before my first 744 ride was, "God, plz don't become my trip like the Final Destination Movie...." Very scary... About the lady, well it's her time to go now. Like Kenneth said, we all can't seen to cheat death. No body can't change it....
  14. Just want to ask you guys, planes does not suppose to fly inside a major thunderstorms, right? That is why modern planes are equip with weather radar so they don't fly inside a major thunderstorms. I'm just curious about it
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