tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post1312020566472378944..comments2024-03-28T16:46:59.087-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Pretty advanced for the late 40'sc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-32880125437350536652016-02-04T20:34:28.392-08:002016-02-04T20:34:28.392-08:00The X-29, in the 80's, required multiple compu...The X-29, in the 80's, required multiple computers to keep it from falling out of the sky. It was too unstable to fly without them. This also had the effect of giving it a marvelous angle of attack (before thrust vectoring).<br /><br />Kalroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613045466698225267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-81608531569983524052016-02-02T11:45:22.710-08:002016-02-02T11:45:22.710-08:00Actually NASA kept the forward swept wing program ...Actually NASA kept the forward swept wing program alive until the present day. So did the USAF test squadron. There is good film on the 'net of that things great grand child in flight.---Ray Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-24631463458285804332016-02-02T08:25:45.195-08:002016-02-02T08:25:45.195-08:00Flip the wings 180° and it would look a bit like a...Flip the wings 180° and it would look a bit like an F-105..........taminator013noreply@blogger.com