RSAF still flies F-5?
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Does the RSAF still flies F-5?
I rarely see them prying theskies liao...
All the time I see F-16....
Do our airboys still trains with them or they deployed overseas for training liao? -
of course
i see dem everyday flying past my house
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U lives in Jurong West area?
I am at around Pu Sudong area very often... Usu i see F-16 only nowadays....
A4 no more, cuz decomm... F5 only once in a v long time...
But I do rem seeing F5 flying from the direction of Changi...
I suppose they are based at CAB... -
nopeOriginally posted by Arena:U lives in Jurong West area?
I am at around Pu Sudong area very often... Usu i see F-16 only nowadays....
A4 no more, cuz decomm... F5 only once in a v long time...
But I do rem seeing F5 flying from the direction of Changi...
I suppose they are based at CAB...
dey are at PLAB
i stay near paya lebar...tat's y always can see dem fly past most of the time
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They are at PLABOriginally posted by Arena:Does the RSAF still flies F-5?
I rarely see them prying theskies liao...
All the time I see F-16....
Do our airboys still trains with them or they deployed overseas for training liao? -
Come buy a house in Serangoon paya lebar area, see F5 until u song..
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Serangoon area also can see...Originally posted by Pitot:Come buy a house in Serangoon paya lebar area, see F5 until u song..
Or sometimes @ Macpherson -
Yeah, I can see the F-5's landing pattern and final approach from my place. Really neat stuff...
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Seriously, you can't reecongise F-5 and F-16 apart in the high skiesOriginally posted by Arena:Does the RSAF still flies F-5?
I rarely see them prying theskies liao...
All the time I see F-16....
Do our airboys still trains with them or they deployed overseas for training liao? -
The F-5 got a longer "nose" then the F-16. PRetty distinct I think...Originally posted by sbst275:Seriously, you can't reecongise F-5 and F-16 apart in the high skies -
That is 1 diffOriginally posted by spencer99:The F-5 got a longer "nose" then the F-16. PRetty distinct I think...
But high sky at high speed can easily spot meh? -
Can one.....very easy to differentiate.Originally posted by sbst275:That is 1 diff
But high sky at high speed can easily spot meh?
F-5 has long protruding nose and tail-pipes
F-16 has shorter nose and it looks quite squat, and the tail-pipe is blended into the tail, and the noise! If cannot see then easier, the F-16 has the distinctable low-pitch whistle while the F-5 tends to whistle at a higher pitch. And if the aircrafts decide to bank, even easier, the F-16's fin is how to say......er.... oh yah, concave towards the fuselage, while the F-5's is convex. Aiyah, just say that the back-portion slopes at obtuse while the other is acute can already.
Besides all these, over the years from visiting foreign aircrafts, can differentiate others. The F-15 is of course an easy one, and if cannot see, then you will be able to hear and differentiate, since it uses the same engines as the F-16s, but have 2 instead, sounds the same, but is much louder and whistle is of much lower pitch. Same goes for F-18s, only way to distinguish from F-15 is the twin outward canting fins, and the highly swept tail-planes, the tail-plane is a giveaway.
Have fun spotting! -
OK..Originally posted by SBS1908B:Can one.....very easy to differentiate.
F-5 has long protruding nose and tail-pipes
F-16 has shorter nose and it looks quite squat, and the tail-pipe is blended into the tail, and the noise! If cannot see then easier, the F-16 has the distinctable low-pitch whistle while the F-5 tends to whistle at a higher pitch. And if the aircrafts decide to bank, even easier, the F-16's fin is how to say......er.... oh yah, concave towards the fuselage, while the F-5's is convex. Aiyah, just say that the back-portion slopes at obtuse while the other is acute can already.
Besides all these, over the years from visiting foreign aircrafts, can differentiate others. The F-15 is of course an easy one, and if cannot see, then you will be able to hear and differentiate, since it uses the same engines as the F-16s, but have 2 instead, sounds the same, but is much louder and whistle is of much lower pitch. Same goes for F-18s, only way to distinguish from F-15 is the twin outward canting fins, and the highly swept tail-planes, the tail-plane is a giveaway.
Have fun spotting! -
F-16 = LOUD
F-5 = SOFT
Actually they are a bit hard to tell apart. But after a while, u'll be able to see the difference. the F-5s just have a more dart like feel to it. -
When the a/c "banked" it is even more distinct if u can see its canopy.
The F16s canopy 'sits" closer to the nose like right in front. think "MPV" like a car
Whereas the F5 with its longer nose, the canopy is like way back, think Jaguar like that...
Also the F16's "bubble" canopy will "bulge out", whereas the F5s canopy is sort of "merged" into the fuelsage.
hope that helps, actually for me it is pretty distinct.... since i am really into a/c. -
i always see F-5s approaching paya lebar leh. seldom see F-16s.
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Wrong base!Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:i always see F-5s approaching paya lebar leh. seldom see F-16s.
F-16 was @ PLAB bet 1990 and 1993 -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
We dun have 32
[b]Yes we have about 32 F5.Air Defence/Attack Northrop F-5S Tiger II 34m 32 1979 [/b]
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It's very easy to differentiate a F-16 from a F-5...Originally posted by sbst275:That is 1 diff
But high sky at high speed can easily spot meh?
The tail of F-5 and F-16 is different and the fuselage is different too... F-16 got a more fat fuselage compare to the slender F-5 and the very pointed nose as the whole fuselage is slender...
Air Force got teach how to recognise aircrafts right? And at diff range, diff angle....
SADA got right? So other SAF units also got... -
Well, we doOriginally posted by Arena:It's very easy to differentiate a F-16 from a F-5...
The tail of F-5 and F-16 is different and the fuselage is different too... F-16 got a more fat fuselage compare to the slender F-5 and the very pointed nose as the whole fuselage is slender...
Air Force got teach how to recognise aircrafts right? And at diff range, diff angle....
SADA got right? So other SAF units also got...
But seriously, I dun really bother what plane is that
As they all guard our skies -
Lol so you'd stand in the open when a MIG-29 comes at you and wave because you might think it's our's?Originally posted by sbst275:Well, we do
But seriously, I dun really bother what plane is that
As they all guard our skies
Nah just messing with you hah -
Of course down with the MiGOriginally posted by |-|05|:Lol so you'd stand in the open when a MIG-29 comes at you and wave because you might think it's our's?
Nah just messing with you hah
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then the pilot waves back and crashes his MiG in the processOriginally posted by |-|05|:Lol so you'd stand in the open when a MIG-29 comes at you and wave because you might think it's our's?
Nah just messing with you hah -
and a International Incident on our handsOriginally posted by sgFish:then the pilot waves back and crashes his MiG in the process