Atlas Carver model at the Rand Easter show

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Seems some Denel Reps accidentally used a model of the Atlas Carver fighter plane as part of their stand at the Rand Easter show. The fighter was developed by Atlas in the 80's and cancelled in '91.
Its not been declassified yet.

https://twitter.com/djolivier/status/714516868044890113

 

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[angotull]

lovely looking bird though.

 

[Arthur]

Fascinating. I've always wondered what it looked like.

How do you know it's a Carver?

 

[garyc]

Regarding the thread title, it is spelt CAVA and not Carver. This is a common mistake, even the brief Wikipedia article gets it wrong.

Here is the picture of it that was widely distributed in the press.

 

[Aasvoël]

The front looks a lot like a f18

 

[Sinbad]

In that press pic it looks like an f15 front tied to an f16 rear with mirage delta wings

 

[The_Assimilator]

Thanks God they dropped this, otherwise we would have the Rooivalk fiasco x2.