Verrrrrrrrry Niiiiiiiiice!!!!
The story of these planes is like a plot from a Frederick Forsyth Novel! To replace Mirage III's lost in the 6 day war, Israel ordered Mirage 5s from France - this was cancelled, after being paid for ( arms embargo ). With Israeli espionage, and what is termed '3rd party help' Israeli Aircraft Industries produced the 'Nesher' an unlicensed copy of the Mirage V. This was then developed into the Kfir. South Africa was also under arms embargo & needed to update its' own Mirages. Atlas & IAI cooperated to produce the Cheetah. It's very blurred, the differences between the Kfir & Cheetah, apparantly spares from one can be used on the other - Columbia, Ecuador & Sri Lanka have operated these aircraft - there are also a dozen Cheetahs operated in the US, by a private contractor, to provide adversarial training for military pilots.So is the plane Ecuadorian or Israeli?:smiling2:
Which was allegedly the French government itself, as I recall.'3rd party help'
There's a plane?So is the plane Ecuadorian or Israeli?:smiling2:
What airplane ? LolSo is the plane Ecuadorian or Israeli?:smiling2:
:thinking: VERY NICE an the cheetar looks good as well
Ecuadorian , photo from - https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/12/preview-kinetic-model-brings-us-their.html#moreOh what wicked webs we weave Dave. So Steve, are the models Ecuadorian or Israeli?
The Israelis make fine women... bloody autocorrect! I mean upgrades and vehicles... honest, its what i meant!
Never heard of it but going to look it up now......it is ugly!!On the Takom Facebook page ( they now handle Snowman Models ) - an upcoming release
Has to be the ugliest ship afloat....................... If you read the story of the Zumwalt Class, it's a casebook of how not to produce a warship! ( 32 planned - 3 built! )
Dave
YEA SPOT ON Tim an i also think its the ugliest ship ever thought up whoever desindged it must have been havin a bad day i would think UuuuurrrggggggggggYep, it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down…..
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