Re: What is the safety record of the F-102?

[Guy Alcala]

"R. David Steele" wrote:

> Since there has been a great deal of talk about the president's
> military record, it has been pointed out that the F-102 did not
> have the best safety record. Anyone know about this? And do you
> have a web site that would verify this?

http://safety.kirtland.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Flight/stats/f102mds.html

If you wish to compare them against fighters, back up a level to

http://safety.kirtland.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Flight/stats/aircraft_stats.html

and choose your a/c.

Guy

[Peter Stickney]

In article >,
R. David Steele > writes:
> Since there has been a great deal of talk about the president's
> military record, it has been pointed out that the F-102 did not
> have the best safety record. Anyone know about this? And do you
> have a web site that would verify this?
>
>
The Air FOrce Safety Center statistics page at:
http://safety.kirtland.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Flight/stats/statspage.html

Has listings for most Air Force Aircraft since 1950.
Basically, it was pretty average, for a Century Series FIghter, wich a
Class A accident rate of between 10-15 per 100,000 Flight Hours for
most of its career. That's about half as good as, say, adn F-4, and
1/3 as good as an F-15.

Note that some aircraft, like the F-100 and F-104 had really rocky
service introductions, with very high accident rates. And that the
accident rates for the earlier generation jets was also higher, as
well.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster