"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 09/13/2014 at 21:04 • Filed to: None

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YF-17...yes 17. 1974

For Sweden > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 21:07

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loooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 21:08

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1974! I had no idea!

whoarder is tellurium > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 21:10

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So glad it got a second chance with the Navy. Dat high alpha ability.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 21:27

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contemporary...

f86sabre > For Sweden 09/13/2014 at 21:31

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Yep, lost in obscurity.

kinjasignedmeout > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 21:35

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The plane I want to win rarely wins

f86sabre > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 09/13/2014 at 21:46

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I am as well. It is only 5 months older than I am.

For Sweden > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 22:00

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implying that's an F-17

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 22:07

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About a year older than me. My dad had one of these, this year, this color, but add a perpetually stained white vinyl top.

f86sabre > For Sweden 09/13/2014 at 22:17

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not exactly, but the F-16 has put on a few pounds too. And it is a cool pic.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 09/13/2014 at 22:39

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I've got a book of US fighters that I picked up in the late '70s. It stops with the F-16 and the YF-17, noting that the Cobra was the loser to the F-16 in the lightweight fighter competition. They were hoping to sell it to the Navy. I've looked at the line drawings of the YF-17, and it's interesting to see the changes that took place between the YF-17 and the F/A-18. It's a bit hard to tell why the Hornet looks so much better than the YF-17. Big differences in the nose and the dorsal ridge, mostly. Those prototypes are still intact somewhere, aren't they?