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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... I noticed something on this picture. The other pics had some comments made of what the line on the nosecone was, and my thought was some kind of different material for infrared seekers, or gun camera, or something, still assuming there was a radar behind the cone. I notice this one has a smaller cone, with a port below the cone for what I would think is FLIR, or laser designator (doubtful that, since it can not see behind the plane, like designators need to do) or gun camera. My questions are, does anyone know what it is for, and is there still onboard radar on this variation? -- Jim in NC |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Morgans" wrote in message
... "Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... I noticed something on this picture. The other pics had some comments made of what the line on the nosecone was, and my thought was some kind of different material for infrared seekers, or gun camera, or something, still assuming there was a radar behind the cone. I notice this one has a smaller cone, with a port below the cone for what I would think is FLIR, or laser designator (doubtful that, since it can not see behind the plane, like designators need to do) or gun camera. My questions are, does anyone know what it is for, and is there still onboard radar on this variation? Recce bird, I would suspect. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Morgans" wrote in message
... "Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... I noticed something on this picture. The other pics had some comments made of what the line on the nosecone was, and my thought was some kind of different material for infrared seekers, or gun camera, or something, still assuming there was a radar behind the cone. I notice this one has a smaller cone, with a port below the cone for what I would think is FLIR, or laser designator (doubtful that, since it can not see behind the plane, like designators need to do) or gun camera. My questions are, does anyone know what it is for, and is there still onboard radar on this variation? -- Jim in NC It's used for reconnaisance - mostly photograpy, but some infra-red too. There's no radar in the nose that I'm aware of. |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote on this variation? Recce bird, I would suspect. Recon? I noticed later, that some views of that plane have a port on the bottom (looking aft, I suspect) a small glass port on the side, also, so I suspect that reconnaissance would be a good guess. -- Jim in NC |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Alan Erskine" wrote It's used for reconnaisance - mostly photograpy, but some infra-red too. There's no radar in the nose that I'm aware of. Thanks. -- Jim in NC |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Morgans" wrote in message
... "Andrew Chaplin" wrote on this variation? Recce bird, I would suspect. Recon? Two military cultures divided by a common language: "recce" for REConaissanCE (pronounced to rhyme with "breckie") has been the short form used in Britain, Canada and most other Commonwealth forces since early in the Great War, and perhaps even earlier. I noticed later, that some views of that plane have a port on the bottom (looking aft, I suspect) a small glass port on the side, also, so I suspect that reconnaissance would be a good guess. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote Two military cultures divided by a common language: "recce" for REConaissanCE (pronounced to rhyme with "breckie") has been the short form used in Britain, Canada and most other Commonwealth forces since early in the Great War, and perhaps even earlier. Interesting. I did not know about that other naming, of planes that take pictures and stuff from the air. g It is interesting, how the English (and I use that term loosely g) languages have taken on little twists and turns. It is not surprising that slang is different, and I suppose acronyms are really no different. Do you have a hard time listening to an American (I hate that term, since there are a lot of people that live in North, Central, and South America that are also Americans) speak, and understand exactly what he or she is saying? I have pretty bad hearing loss, and am about to take the plunge into the land of hearing aids. If I watch a movie that has British people speaking, I almost always have to turn the volume way up to understand the dialogue. Same problem with listening and understanding in person, also, but not as bad if I can do a bit of lip reading. I seem to have picked that skill up without knowing I did. I know it depends on where the Brit is from, and such, but I just wondered if you had as hard of a time listening to people on the other side of the pond as I do. -- Jim in NC |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Morgans" wrote in message
... "Andrew Chaplin" wrote Two military cultures divided by a common language: "recce" for REConaissanCE (pronounced to rhyme with "breckie") has been the short form used in Britain, Canada and most other Commonwealth forces since early in the Great War, and perhaps even earlier. Interesting. I did not know about that other naming, of planes that take pictures and stuff from the air. g It is interesting, how the English (and I use that term loosely g) languages have taken on little twists and turns. It is not surprising that slang is different, and I suppose acronyms are really no different. Do you have a hard time listening to an American (I hate that term, since there are a lot of people that live in North, Central, and South America that are also Americans) speak, and understand exactly what he or she is saying? I have pretty bad hearing loss, and am about to take the plunge into the land of hearing aids. If I watch a movie that has British people speaking, I almost always have to turn the volume way up to understand the dialogue. Same problem with listening and understanding in person, also, but not as bad if I can do a bit of lip reading. I seem to have picked that skill up without knowing I did. I know it depends on where the Brit is from, and such, but I just wondered if you had as hard of a time listening to people on the other side of the pond as I do. I can understand most U.S., British and Irish dialects with little difficulty because I speak also French and Spanish, and have a smattering of German and Arabic. My parents exposed me to U.K. accents from an early age through the CBC radio programme "Postmark: U.K." and I listened to the Beeb whenever I was abroad to get current news. Lowland Scots, Newfoundland baywopper, Strine and Cajun can be challenging, but I understand them readily enough if I have the context. I suppose the same might go for the dialects of the urban underclass of Los Angeles and New York. I spent enough time working with U.S. forces that many of the more difficult accents (I'm thinking of those from south of the Mason-Dixon Line and east of the Mississippi) no longer present a mystery. Gullah, however, remains difficult for me because I do not know enough about the African languages from which it comes and rarely get to hear it in broadcasts. Subcontinental English, i.e. that of India and Pakistan, takes some getting used to because of subtle differences in diction, but it's not impenetrable. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Saab Viggen, pt 4 - Saab Viggen 35.jpg (1/1)
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote Subcontinental English, i.e. that of India and Pakistan, takes some getting used to because of subtle differences in diction, but it's not impenetrable. You must have a much better ear than me. If I get an India or Pakistan Tec help line, I ask if they can switch me to a native English speaker, and if not, I thank them and hang up. I simply can not understand what they are saying, with my hearing deficit as a large part of the problem. I had a whole battery of test in something like the 6th grade, because I was not doing as well in school as my parents thought I should. I tested out with a high IQ, and my parents were told that I needed better study habits, and that I was bored and needed more challenge. A few years later, after I was out of HS, my parents saw the person who gave the test, and commented that I had done pretty well in school, except for foreign languages, the person said, "Oh, he should have never taken them. He does not hear some of the hard letter sounds well enough to pick up a foreign language." Oh, thanks. It would have been nice to tell the parents that, before the problems. And get this. I have an excellent music ear, and ended up majoring in music! Whatever problem I have does not prohibit me from hearing instrumental music. -- Jim in NC |
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