"robert arndt" wrote in message
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Check out one of the F-102's competitors. This aircraft is truly "out
there" when compared to the technology of the time:

XF-103 Mock-Up: http://wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f103.jpg
XF-103 Cut-Away:
http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/republic...ges/xf103v.gif
XF-103 Colors:
http://www.alpha-net.ne.jp/users2/ku...st103color.jpg
XF-103 Model: http://www.collectaire.com/modelpages/xf103/xf103.html

The modeling page is all color with all views. Truly ahead of its
time, but only ranked 8th out of 9 design proposals that led to the
F-102.

Rob

The wing and tail show striking similarities, IMO, to the MiG-21. The
intake, however, looks like the F-100 follow-on (F-107?) that people were
developing..... One incredible machine, however. Truly a fighter that 1950s
comic book/cartoon types would have flipped over!

DEP