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The F-107 was never given an official name, but was sometimes informally called the "Super Super Sabre" [11] referring to North American's earlier fighter design, the F-100 Super Sabre. [12] The designation "F-107A" was the only one assigned to the aircraft, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] though "YF-107A" is often used in publications.
To accompany the B-70 all the way to its target and back, the F-108 in its initial concept would have, at best, marginal range. [9] On 30 December 1958, YF-108A preproduction aircraft on order were reduced from 31 to 20 test aircraft and the first test flight was delayed from February to April 1961. [10]
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
Here is a look at some recent fatal crashes in the U.S. and abroad involving vintage aircraft: — July 29, 2023: Four people died in two separate crashes related to a Wisconsin aircraft convention.
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...
On 19 October 2022, an F-35A crashed at the north end of the runway at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The pilot safely ejected and was unharmed. The crash was caused by errors in the air data system from the wake turbulence of a preceding aircraft, which resulted in several rapid transitions between the primary and backup flight-conditions data ...
It marks the second crash of a military plane in New Mexico in the past month. In April, an F-16 Fighting Falcon went down in a remote area near Holloman Air Force Base in the southern part of the ...
North American F-107; XF-108 Rapier; Bell XF-109; Northrop F-20 Tigershark; Northrop YF-23; Other. Project Pluto; ... Attack Aircraft. Douglas A2D Skyshark;