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I was at the Farnborough airshow in the UK a few years ago - No Blue Angels, but they did have a solo FA18 Super Hornet doing two shows a day. Absolutely amazing stuff, but what really struck me was what happened on the ground.
Nothing. Literally, nothing. The pilot would taxi back to his parking, the couple of ground crew would put the chocks and covers on, and basically the pilot would walk away, job done til the next show.
Which, in contrast to the pile of shit, known as Eurofighter was utterly different. Pre-flight and post-flight, every hatch and cover would be open and about 100 techs would be fiddling with it. And it only mangaged one flight per day!
That and fact the the EF looked liked a badly patched fibreglass canoe when you got up close leads me to believe, if you are ever in the market for some serious airpower, go for the FA18, if you want to save on servicing!
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