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HA! You're dating yourself. The F102 was an interceptor introduced in the late 1950s. (-:

And as my screen name suggests...I'm a pilot and can attest that FLYING the F102 would be easy enough. LANDING it....not so much!

(-:

Jim



Hi Jim,

Then you should also know that the '102's not so affectionate nickname was, "The Flying Brick".

Takeoff and certain lowspeed maneuvers could kill ya faster than mere landing attempts, as a matter of fact, the first thirty some pages of the operation manual consisted of a list of to never attempt under any circumstances.

Quite a few died trying to fly the @$#%^ thing...

But once a pilot got past those issues, she was a joy of a bird for her intended purpose, which, indeed was supersonic interception.

I picked that model intentionally because she could be so hard to learn to fly.

Wasn't no F-16 fly-by-wire where the computer keeps a yanker-banker from doin' anything that might result in augerin' in, dontcha know.

Check Six,


--Mac

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