[geeks] Not sure if they were running Vista...

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:06:58 -0500
Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 00:34, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:02:05 -0600 (CST)
> >> Does anyone here believe that F-22 pilots are not trained the same way?
> > 
> > The F-22 is fly by wire, not sure if the F-16 is or is not. If the
> > control systems failed (not Nav & Comm), I don't think it would remain
> > aloft.
> 
> Everything since the F15 has been fly-by-wire, afaik.  

The F-15 is hydraulic, stick-in-the-floor if I remember right.  Same for
the F-14 I believe.  Both were designed in the 60s and early 70s.

Interesting fact: an F-15 serving with Israel lost its right wing in a
training accident.  It was able to land without incident due to the high lift
generated by the tail and the engine intake.  When it landed, they discovered
it had only a 2 foot stub left.


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