This is page 8 of the Alpha Jet Exhibit. 30 mm Cannons.
Loading the 30mm DEFA 553 canon on the Belgian Alpha Jet Trainer, Jet Fighter.
The 30mm cannon packs a real big punch which can even take out a tank. The
Jet Fighter version of the Alpha Jet works very well as a close ground support
aircraft.
In the following pages you will see the many photo's and the history of
the Alpha Jet in the Belgian Air Force
Continue the Alpha Jet Jet Fighter Exhibit Below
Photo Scanned by
C. Jeff Dyrek
Continue the Alpha Jet Tour Below
Loading the 30mm DEFA 553 canon on the Alpha Jet, Jet Fighter.
This is one great book
with showing every inch of the Alpha Jet from flight
characteristics to armament to detailed photos of every part.
If you are a model builder, you absolutely need this book to get the proper
configurations and paint schemes. As the webmaster, I highly recommend
this book.
Why is it important to look at airplanes?
Airplanes, especially planes like the
P-47 thunderbolt
show the rapid growth
of technology in the world and in the United States that provided us with
the great freedom that we enjoy today. With this freedom comes responsibility.
The responsibility to learn all we can not only about airplanes or history,
but about technology. Technology is the most important product of
the United States has today. To keep our country on top of the worlds
technology requires us to have the most trained workforce anywhere.
Aviation is important because aviation and aerospace both exhibit the limits
of our technology. If our students learn about aviation they will be able
to understand any field of work.
We must ensure that aviation, airplanes,
aircraft and aerospace are words on all of our children's lips.
Airplanes create dreams.
Dreams of leaving the restriction of a two dimensional world. Dreams
of having freedom to travel anywhere, in any direction at any time and
any distance. Aircraft give us the big advantage to do all of these things
in only a short while. When we dream of airplanes, we lift our heads
to the sky. We feel the pride of having limitless capabilities.
We don't pick up airplanes, airplanes lift us up and our minds are launched
into new horizons. We need airplanes and we need to keep airplanes
in all of our minds. Aviation gives our people an upward mobility
that no other branch of technology can ever do. As long as we feed
our dreams, we have someplace to go.
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