The Future of the F-35 Italy cuts back

[mirth]

oh, I could pick his brain about things!

I'm sure you could. He likes talking about his job and I'm one of the only people he knows outside of BIW that can talk with him semi-intelligently about it. He knows a ton about the Burkes too. Cool guy.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

the F-94 is most definetly an updated F-80.  the F-87 follows the same idea.  the F-86 is a completely different beast.  so while you are technically correct due to service date they are all in the same time frame give or take a few months.  next I expect youll use the naval variant as an example.  my point still stands.  bubble canopies were the exception not the rule.  theres still no century series fighter that had one.  nor did any NATO or Warsaw Pact fighter.

You made a big show of asking for one example between the F-86 and F-14 and I've already given you three. The F-94 was a further development of the F-80. The F-89 and the F-9 were not based on the F-80. The F-89 may have a similar looking airframe, but it was a common design of the era.

Mirth flies off the top rope...
Starfury is gaping...

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