21-04-2004, 06:35
Two images of the mantaray airfield deep inside the Pure Evil No Fly Zone have somehow found there way into the the public domain. Officials are not sure how the images where got leaked but say it will not happen again.
http://hometown.aol.com.au/PeterSawa87/High_shot.jpg
When you first look at the first image all you see if 11 identical planes, but with at closer inspection you notice that the lower one-right one is slightly different.
With a trained eye, one will identify the 10 identical planes a new PEA-23 aircraft, probably waiting to be shipped of to another country that purchased them. But the other plane is of a unknown type.
http://hometown.aol.com.au/PeterSawa87/Low_shot.jpg
This image is an enhanced version of the first photo and shows in good detail a comparision of the two types.
It appears that the new plane has the same basic design as the PEA-23 but has had some modification done to it.
First of all the nose is longer, this would sugest that a new more powerful radar system has been installed. Secondly the wings are more streamlined and have a bigger sweep on them, this would make you think the new plane is faster than the PEA-23. Finally much larger engine nozzles are present and they are closer together, More powerful engines are a likely cause for the larger nozzles.
PEA officials have not commented on the pictures.
http://hometown.aol.com.au/PeterSawa87/High_shot.jpg
When you first look at the first image all you see if 11 identical planes, but with at closer inspection you notice that the lower one-right one is slightly different.
With a trained eye, one will identify the 10 identical planes a new PEA-23 aircraft, probably waiting to be shipped of to another country that purchased them. But the other plane is of a unknown type.
http://hometown.aol.com.au/PeterSawa87/Low_shot.jpg
This image is an enhanced version of the first photo and shows in good detail a comparision of the two types.
It appears that the new plane has the same basic design as the PEA-23 but has had some modification done to it.
First of all the nose is longer, this would sugest that a new more powerful radar system has been installed. Secondly the wings are more streamlined and have a bigger sweep on them, this would make you think the new plane is faster than the PEA-23. Finally much larger engine nozzles are present and they are closer together, More powerful engines are a likely cause for the larger nozzles.
PEA officials have not commented on the pictures.