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- From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
- Subject: Re: F16 Characteristics
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.202136.15444@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Dec17.141056.15436@news.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:21:36 GMT
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- kra@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kenneth R Aron) writes:
- >From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
- >
- >>springs like a tiger. And don't let anyone tell you the F-16 was *first*
- >>with fly-by-wire without some serious qualifying. The Canadian CF-105
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>was many years earlier, and I think there's a Saab that flew first as well.
- >
- >Canadian CF-105?
- >Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that just a variant of the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ O.K., I'll try
-
- >F-105 Thunderchief (Thud)? I believe that it was made by North
- >American Aviation, which later became Northrop.
- ^^^^^^^^Rockwell.
-
- The CF-86 and similar were actually _built_ by Canadair, though
- these are probably what you are thinking of regarding renaming
- products of US companies. Please, DO NOT ask me about the CF-86,
- if you want to, research it yourself. My first job was at a Farrell's
- restaurant in Sacramento. Expert CF-86 buffs will understand.
-
- The CF-100 and CF-105 were indigenous products of Canadair. I'm _NOT_ very
- expert on them, but the CF-105 was a BIG strike bomber, somewhere
- between a B-58 and FB-111 in mission/performance, and a lot like
- the TSR of Britain. I think it was late fifties/early sixties, and
- apparently, political forces were so afraid that this plane would perform,
- that they not only cancelled it, but broke up the prototype, such that all
- the Canadian air museum has is the landing gear and much of the nose section.
-
- Any Canadian buffs care to contribute? This exhausts _my_ knowledge
- of the subject.
-