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05-10-2012, 09:02 PM
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05-10-2012, 09:45 PM
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That Boeing design just flat fell short on too many areas. It was simpler, yes, but it was also nearly entirely wrong... or poorly thought out.
I'm not Lockheed fan-boy, but when there are only two choices and one is just a total WTF moment, the other will win.
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05-11-2012, 12:11 AM
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05-11-2012, 05:23 AM
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05-11-2012, 06:07 AM
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When did Boeing make their last production single seat fighter?
P-26? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-26_Peashooter NFE |
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05-11-2012, 07:18 PM
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05-11-2012, 07:21 PM
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they had some perfectly good designs, but they focused on heavy bombers for efficiency's sake. 
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05-11-2012, 07:22 PM
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05-11-2012, 08:26 PM
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Which would have been great if the specs were just for a Harrier replacement. But it was for an "everything with an F or A prefix designator" replacement. In that the X-32 had no chance.
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05-11-2012, 10:38 PM
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NOVA episode
There is a great NOVA episode called the battle of the x planes. Im sure you can wathc the video on the PBS website.
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05-11-2012, 10:42 PM
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05-11-2012, 11:46 PM
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No. Go Wiki yourself.
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05-12-2012, 04:39 AM
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05-12-2012, 07:27 AM
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