My understanding is that the jets were made by a group of third-party modellers, as were the maps (by a different group of persons) and were only released under the auspices of Oleg and the development team; more or less because a majority of people demanded them. Not much time was spent by the BoB development team on these items, and there wouldn't have been any other planes made in their place for that reason.
What we DID get was the whole product - i.e. up to 4.04, PLUS the paid add-ons (originally internet downloads only) 4.05, 4.06, 4.07 PLUS a second DVD of BOB previews and good film, for about 20 - 30 $. That alone was worth the fee imo, especially for newcomers to the game.
I would say that only spending a day flying the jet offerings is definitely not enough. That's probably an hour or less on each and frankly it takes longer than that to learn a plane. Of course, you may not like jets at all. I wasn't too impressed either at first sight, but a day on each might be more likely to let you know what they can or cannot do. The point to remember is that there wouldn't have been anything at all forthcoming from the Maddox team - they've moved onto the next sim.
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