Not yet, I am sure I will pick up the DVD.
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Not yet, I am sure I will pick up the DVD.
Definitely check it out. Changed my entire idea of what WW1 was like.
Seems like I read somewhere that roughly 70% of all battlefield casualties were from artillery fire? My grandfather was on the receiving end of WWI German artillery, but he never said much about it, except for the gas, especially the mustard gas.
What advantages did this design have over the regular f16 design?
For a basically first hand account, which goes a long way to showing how f’d it was, read Through the Wheat.
Other than longer legs, I can’t really recall. We used it for our experiments because it had the speed and leading edge sweep we needed <cough>.
Was the modification not significant enough to become the standard production design?
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If you’re referring to the XL’s cranked-arrow delta wing, no. It was a concept demonstrator - supercruise and supersonic maneuverability. But it was a major structural mod and had only one engine, so IIRC the Air Force went with the F-15E Strike Eagle.
If you’re referring to our titanium glove on the left wing, it was just an experiment.
Thanks for the info
The last North American Aviation P-51 Mustangs in squadron service with the United States Air Force were retired from the 167th Fighter Bomber Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, 27 January 1957. This airplane, F-51D-25-NA 44-72948, is on display at the WV ANG headquarters, Yeager Regional Airport, Charleston, WV. (U.S. Air Force)
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Starship was a neat aircraft, shame the bean counters won when it came to engineering as the composite tech wasn't "there" yet making it about 1/3 heavier than planned.
At near mach .7+ it's layout would be more efficient but below that and the slower it flew the design produced much more drag vs a conventional aircraft layout. Being heavier and slower with a ton of drag it really limited it's expected range, and made the operational cost vs a business jet too close. They were very, very stable in flight and required lots of rudder along with the main control to roll (stable=lots of drag.) My uncle looked into one for the company aircraft back in the '90s to replace a Turbo Commander and ended up with another Commander. I got a copy of the brochure for the starship, not sure where it is now... but that last picture I swear was one featured in it.
They make a very unique noise as they fly over, must have heard it a few hundred times in the 90's and early '00s but It's been over a decade since I've last heard one... Just not may left flying though. (Beechcraft is just a few miles from work and 15 from the house)
Starship was a neat aircraft, shame the bean counters won when it came to engineering as the composite tech wasn't "there" yet making it about 1/3 heavier than planned.
At near mach .7+ it's layout would be more efficient but below that and the slower it flew the design produced much more drag vs a conventional aircraft layout. Being heavier and slower with a ton of drag it really limited it's expected range, and made the operational cost vs a business jet too close. They were very, very stable in flight and required lots of rudder along with the main control to roll (stable=lots of drag.) My uncle looked into one for the company aircraft back in the '90s to replace a Turbo Commander and ended up with another Commander. I got a copy of the brochure for the starship, not sure where it is now... but that last picture I swear was one featured in it.
They make a very unique noise as they fly over, must have heard it a few hundred times in the 90's and early '00s but It's been over a decade since I've last heard one... Just not may left flying though. (Beechcraft is just a few miles from work and 15 from the house)
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