From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Marcius" References: <002001c3ca97$9147f370$5e31b1c8@pc01> Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_More_Pictures_to_the_ARC=B4s?= Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:52:02 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02CE_01C3E71F.1BBD5060" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02CE_01C3E71F.1BBD5060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Marcius, Thanks for sending in your Meteor article. I've got a bit of a backlog = due to "Silly Week"....and I'm catching up on my e-mails which I fell = behind on due to Christmas and Silly Week etc. I'll e-mail you when = your article goes on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Marcius=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 7:31 PM Subject: More Pictures to the ARC=B4s Steve, =20 Merry Cristhmas !!!!! =20 Gloster F-8/TF-7 Meteor - Scale 1/72 Commando 5 ( Resin ) To the end of the II=AA World-wide War, the FAB ( Brazilian Air Force = ) more than counted on 1,500 modern aircraft, including the huntings = Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, what it became it the second bigger Air = Force of Americas. However, the advent of the turbine the reaction = became the virtually obsolete huntings the piston in few years. = Moreover, the fast substitution of these for the huntings the spurt, in = the production lines, made it difficult the maintenance of the aircraft = the piston, for the spare lack of parts. Already the Brazilian fighter = pilots took offense themselves at the lack of a modern aircraft in which = could play its missions. Brazilian government lacked, however, of = financial resources to acquire the number necessary of aircraft to equip = a minimum of three squadrons of hunting. Given the high unitary cost of = a Republic F-84E Thunderjet or North-American F-86F Sabre (USS300.000 = and USS450.000, respectively), the USS15 total millions to equip one or = two squadrons in very exceeded the available resources; exactly that = they cost little, they could not be you deliver short-term, seen the = priority of if sending such aircraft to the units of the USAF in Korea.=20 The available alternative in the market was the Gloster Meteor; in = November of 1952, sixty units of the version F.8 and ten of the T.7 = version had been changed by about 15.000 tons of cotton (equivalents, to = the time, the 4 million sterling pounds), to a unitary cost of 42.810 = and 40.310 sterling pounds, respectively (the difference corresponding = the surplus material, training of staff, has carried and insurance from = the aircraft to Brazil and a reserve to cover some eventuality). The BAF = assigned the version hunts as F-8 and of training as TF-7.=20 Here we represent a TF-7 operated for the 1/14 Group of Aviation - = Squadron Pampa Thanks Marcius Cesar Costa Piracicaba - Brazil ------=_NextPart_000_02CE_01C3E71F.1BBD5060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Marcius,
Thanks for sending in = your Meteor=20 article.  I've got a bit of a backlog due to "Silly Week"....and = I'm=20 catching up on my e-mails which I fell behind on due to Christmas and = Silly Week=20 etc.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Marcius
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, = 2003 7:31=20 PM
Subject: More Pictures to the = ARC=B4s

Steve,
 
Merry=20 Cristhmas !!!!!
 
Gloster=20 F-8/TF-7 Meteor - Scale 1/72 Commando 5 ( Resin )
To=20 the end of the II=AA World-wide War, the FAB ( Brazilian Air = Force=20 ) more than counted on 1,500 modern aircraft, including the = huntings=20 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, what it became it the second bigger Air = Force of=20 Americas. However, the advent of the turbine the reaction became the = virtually=20 obsolete huntings the piston in few years. Moreover, the fast = substitution of=20 these for the huntings the spurt, in the production lines, made it = difficult=20 the maintenance of the aircraft the piston, for the spare lack of = parts.=20 Already the Brazilian fighter pilots took offense themselves at the = lack of a=20 modern aircraft in which could play its missions. Brazilian government = lacked,=20 however, of financial resources to acquire the number necessary of = aircraft to=20 equip a minimum of three squadrons of hunting. Given the high unitary = cost of=20 a Republic F-84E Thunderjet or North-American F-86F Sabre (USS300.000 = and=20 USS450.000, respectively), the USS15 total millions to equip one or = two=20 squadrons in very exceeded the available resources; exactly that they = cost=20 little, they could not be you deliver short-term, seen the priority of = if=20 sending such aircraft to the units of the USAF in Korea.
The=20 available alternative in the market was the Gloster Meteor; in = November of=20 1952, sixty units of the version F.8 and ten of the T.7 version had = been=20 changed by about 15.000 tons of cotton (equivalents, to the time, the = 4=20 million sterling pounds), to a unitary cost of 42.810 and 40.310 = sterling=20 pounds, respectively (the difference corresponding the surplus = material,=20 training of staff, has carried and insurance from the aircraft to = Brazil and a=20 reserve to cover some eventuality). The BAF assigned the version hunts = as F-8=20 and of training as TF-7.=20
Here=20 we represent a TF-7 operated for the 1/14 Group of Aviation - Squadron = Pampa
 
Thanks
 
Marcius=20 Cesar Costa
Piracicaba=20 - Brazil
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