RAF Sepecat Jaguar: Strike Squadron 

Scotscan Squadronleader Paul Sneddon

Amazing indeed!

ohredhk I doubt it, and their engines were notoriously underpowered for the airframe compared to the phantoms.

It can be very easy to fudge these kind of numbers based on the situation to fit certain arguements. It's possible, for example, that a Jaguar with full internal fuel could have carried more payload within MTOW than a fully fuelled Phantom, but that would be in part because the Phantom could carry considerably more fuel in the first place (though it was also more thirsty so it needed more fuel) An empty Phantom FGR2 was only about 4000lbs lighter than a Jaguar at Maximum TakeOff Weight. The Phantom was a big, heavy plane and the British ones imparticular lost about 1,100lbs of payload capacity compared to other variants. They were heavier with the Spey engines and larger intakes, but didn't have an increase in MTOW to compensate.

The English limited the engines power which is why they needed reheat to take off. The French were, I believe powered up to 105% and didn't need reheat to take off. It was to save on engine life. It was a mandatory call of 'Negative reheat ' if the pilot didn't engage it on take off.

More variety of weapons?