Pacitalia
26-10-2004, 04:47
MANDRAGORA (PPA) -- Word has reached news agencies in Pacitalia that almost three weeks ago, the Department of Defence awarded Pacitalian company Jaguar Aeronautics LLC a D11-billion contract to design and build a new superbomber for the Pacitalian Air Force.
A press conference is currently being held at the company's headquarters in the city of Mandragora. News agencies from Pacitalia's allies and others that are not enemies but interested in the technology are on hand to ask questions.
Pacitalia
26-10-2004, 05:07
Jaguar CEO Michelangelo DaVinci has stepped up to the podium and is fielding a question about preliminary specifications from a Pacitalian News Network (PNN) reporter.
"Good question, Mr. Parker. We have come up with some suitable, reasonable preliminary specifications that will best represent the type of craft we have been asked to build. Here's a list of the specifications we have drawn up."
A large projection screen beams the following information:
Specifications
Primary Function: Long-Haul Strategic and Tactical Incendiation
Developer and Builder: Jaguar Aeronautics LLC
Source of Power: two Jaguar 601-JX (second-largest model) or 603-JN (largest model) superforce jet engines
Dimensions: will be at least 85.34 m long (280 ft), at least 16.76 m high (55 ft)
Gravitational Mass: GMT* 102,965.5 kg (227000 lb)
Payload: IGM** 32,220 kg (71,032.9 lb)
Wingspan: at least 33 metres (108.3 ft)
Speed: at least M4.3
MCD***: 16,900 km (10,500 mi) without resupplication of fuel
MSA****: 45.72 km (150,000 ft)
Maximum Crew: 12
Accommodations: bedding, food storage, ejection pods
Cost per aircraft: D389-million ($561 million USD)
Cost of Design and Development: D-6 billion ($10 billion USD)
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* GTW = Gross Mass at Takeoff
** IGM = Internal Gravitational Mass
*** MCD = Maximum Coverable Distance
**** MSA = Maximum Safe Altitude
The reporters applaud in amazement.