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World’s largest airplane. It’s being built by a billionaire. It’s getting ready to fly.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3147271" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Up or down, same idea as the V-tail Bonanza: give it effect in two planes (no pun intended)</p><p></p><p>That makes a lot of sense. I'd still like to see something technical backing it up. Again, just curiosity.</p><p></p><p>I recommend reading <a href="https://amzn.to/2MFJ1TX" target="_blank"><em>Scream of Eagles</em></a>, by Robert Wilcox. It's the story of how the F-4's inadequacies led to the creation of the Navy's Fighter Weapons School ("Top Gun"), and how we learned how to use the flying pig. I'd follow up with Robert Coram's <a href="https://amzn.to/2MHrevz" target="_blank"><em>Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War</em></a>. it tells how the F-4 led to the F-15, F-16, and significant changes in warfighting doctrine. Col. Boyd was utterly uncorruptible, and to this day, one does not speak his name on The Hill without noting who might be listening. He made a lot of enemies....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3147271, member: 13624"] Up or down, same idea as the V-tail Bonanza: give it effect in two planes (no pun intended) That makes a lot of sense. I'd still like to see something technical backing it up. Again, just curiosity. I recommend reading [URL='https://amzn.to/2MFJ1TX'][I]Scream of Eagles[/I][/URL], by Robert Wilcox. It's the story of how the F-4's inadequacies led to the creation of the Navy's Fighter Weapons School ("Top Gun"), and how we learned how to use the flying pig. I'd follow up with Robert Coram's [URL='https://amzn.to/2MHrevz'][I]Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War[/I][/URL]. it tells how the F-4 led to the F-15, F-16, and significant changes in warfighting doctrine. Col. Boyd was utterly uncorruptible, and to this day, one does not speak his name on The Hill without noting who might be listening. He made a lot of enemies.... [/QUOTE]
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