And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Should have been the one selected. Had a number of highly advanced features only now are being employed in other aircraft. The flight controls alone had so much flight authority vectored thrust was not required. The SU-57 Felon uses a few YF-23 attributes, though done Russian engineering style.
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ReplyDeleteNo points for guessing which one we bought.
Should have been the one selected. Had a number of highly advanced features only now are being employed in other aircraft. The flight controls alone had so much flight authority vectored thrust was not required. The SU-57 Felon uses a few YF-23 attributes, though done Russian engineering style.
ReplyDeleteJapan asked McDonald Douglas for the YF-23 test bird, and its blueprints, for their own design replacement for the F-15. Paid handsomely for it, IIRC.
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