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"Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote in message ...
Any records on Nato or neutral pilots who have flown both the Eagle and the Flanker, and their comments/views? Regards... I would be surprised if they provided any comments that pointed to an over-all superiority of one of the planes. As well know, one of a fighter pilots most crucial skills is highlighting the advantages of whatever plane he's flying against those of an opponent. What's not as understood is that pilots aren't supposed to be critical of their planes beyond the extent needed to point out their weaknesses and learn to avoid them. In Yeager's book there's a story about fighter pilots being invited to test fly the hot new F-100. Unsurprisingly, these guys loved every minute of it. However, none of them paid much attention to those areas of its flight regime that had worried Yeager - they were only looking at what made the plane so hot. Unfortunately, in hopes of quelling fears, NA's flight-test chief took up one of the early Huns and flew a profile directly risking the sort of directional instability problems Yeager warned of - only to lose his life when the plane disintegrated. |
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