Canada should buy the IP from Northrop Grumman and put it into production.
My MSF teacher played a cop in Rainman. Ironically his line is "Stay in your car." He was a retired real cop.Do you still get royalty checks?
They've yet to make an airplane that could hang with a one eleven down in the weeds (or water in your case). I used to love taking 'em to Red Flag. My pilots would come back with an ear to ear grin and tales of everything else "eating their dust." The book rates 'em at 1.2 mach at sea level. Pilots would regularly say they held 1.55 - 1.59 m 200 ft off the deck.deck.
Talking about fast & smooth rides, former F- 105 crew chiefs said thier pilots said about the "Thuds" was the faster they flew close to the deck, the smoother the ride." Also called the "Cadilacs" because of it . I never crewed one so dunno.
Hell of a plane, but it never really went toe to toe with a peer opponent. Hopefully it never does.This just showed up in one of my feeds. The F-15 is undefeated in air combat. One could argue that qualifies it as the greatest fighter of all time. It's also the only jet fighter that ever shot down a satellite in space. Have a read.
The F-15 first flew in 72. The MIG-29 5 yrs later in 77. It's considered a peer. The F-15 is 5 and 0 against the 29.Hell of a plane, but it never really went toe to toe with a peer opponent. Hopefully it never does.
Your Top Ten?
Mine:
F4U Corsair
F4 Phantom
SR71
F86 Sabre
P51 Mustang
P47 Thunderbolt
P40 Warhawk
P38 Lightning
P61 Black Widow
PBY Catalina
B17 should be in there but I limited myself to 10
Betcha dint' know the engines were pull started just like a mower... on the original Junkers engines I mean.For understandable reasons not on everyone's list but ground breaking for sure.
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Impressive that there is a flying example!
Put another way, the F-15 is a 48 yr old design, still standing guard on active duty... and still undefeated. Maybe it's other peers are afraid of it.