name this plane (for fun)

[kozzm0]

time's up, the plane I posted is the IAI Kfir. Mirage3 + stolen plans = Kfir. The Mirage 3's plans were stolen by the Mossad after France embargoed Israel. Israel added their own, better engine and their own avionics and a few other things.

[Vulcan607]

so now you know

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

time's up, the plane I posted is the IAI Kfir. Mirage3 + stolen plans = Kfir. The Mirage 3's plans were stolen by the Mossad after France embargoed Israel. Israel added their own, better engine and their own avionics and a few other things.

Are you sure about that? I mean Mossad stealing France's blueprints of the Mirage 3. Because I remember reading somewhere, that since France was supplying Israel with planes, tanks, and weapons (before the US took over as the main contributor,) they gave the Israeli's the Mirage 3 because it was becoming outdated for the French Air Force. And also, that's how they got other Mirage's like the IV and another early Mirage (by buying them, and then suiting them up for their own uses, not stealing the prints).

[Vulcan607]

and another mass of strings and wings

[mattmanB182]

Originally Posted by Vulcan607

and another mass of strings and wings

Shackelton?

[Vulcan607]

yes A.V.Roe Shackleton
now only my seaplane to go.

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Are you sure about that? I mean Mossad stealing France's blueprints of the Mirage 3. Because I remember reading somewhere, that since France was supplying Israel with planes, tanks, and weapons (before the US took over as the main contributor,) they gave the Israeli's the Mirage 3 because it was becoming outdated for the French Air Force. And also, that's how they got other Mirage's like the IV and another early Mirage (by buying them, and then suiting them up for their own uses, not stealing the prints).

France did end up selling Mirage's to Israel, but at the time, Charles De Gaulle was refusing to sell them so they had to steal Mirage 3. It was being produced outside France, Switzerland if I remember right, and a Mossad agent managed to get ahold of several hundred copies of the design.

[Wissam24]

But that's not a funny name

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by Wissam24

But that's not a funny name

"Kfir" isn't a funny name?

I still don't even know how to pronounce it. There is a food called "kefir," but I don't know if it's pronounced like that, and even if it was, it would still sound funny.

[Soviet Ace]

Here's an interesting plane.