Century

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 12/13/2016 at 10:49 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Back when speed was king and guns were an afterthought. Some cool jets though.

X37.9XXS > f86sabre 12/13/2016 at 10:57

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The only aircraft without a gun is the F-102

The other three were designed with internal guns

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 12/13/2016 at 11:00

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My favorite era of aviation. They skipped the (X)F-103.

facw > ttyymmnn 12/13/2016 at 11:33

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Things got more interesting higher up anyway:

(we did sort of get the F-108, but it got much slower and was a carrier based bomber):

AuthiCooper1300 > facw 12/13/2016 at 11:40

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Was really some commonality between the Vigilante and the Rapier design/development?

Always loved the Vigilante. So elegant.

HammerheadFistpunch > f86sabre 12/13/2016 at 11:41

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The starfighter is such an amazing little jet.

AuthiCooper1300 > ttyymmnn 12/13/2016 at 11:44

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From a technical point of view, the optimism was boundless.

On the other hand, it is easier to dream up and even execute daring designs when there is so much money at your disposal because of the Cold War.

Much the same can be said of the space race, of course.

facw > AuthiCooper1300 12/13/2016 at 11:47

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Yeah, North American used the same fuselage on both aircraft (to the extent that there ever was an XF-108).

The A-5 was mainly huge though (the XF-108 would have been a huge fighter as well):

AuthiCooper1300 > facw 12/13/2016 at 11:57

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Thanks for the reply, that’s fascinating.

Yes, I knew it was rather ginormous. (Even more so if seen next to an A-4, of course!)

McMike > f86sabre 12/13/2016 at 12:01

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F100, F101, F102, F104?

We sure had a lot of F in planes back then, didn’t we?

pauljones > f86sabre 12/13/2016 at 14:13

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THUD!!!!