tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post1722631366110427586..comments2024-03-28T08:53:00.648-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-67635340962239392692019-12-28T10:38:24.395-08:002019-12-28T10:38:24.395-08:00General Electric J-79 Engine - "We bring good...General Electric J-79 Engine - "We bring good things to Life."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-36999555633110354582019-12-28T08:09:11.829-08:002019-12-28T08:09:11.829-08:00it isn't necessary to consider the F-4 as any ...it isn't necessary to consider the F-4 as any kind of hotness. Imagine a ferrari driver being put into a pickup truck and told to go race it.capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-29516895398905522272019-12-28T08:06:42.543-08:002019-12-28T08:06:42.543-08:00a single spool turbojet, well designed, is all one...a single spool turbojet, well designed, is all one needed to hit Mach 2+ with the original Lawn Dart designed by the true master, C. Johnson. none of this two spool complexity of trashy P&W oil leaking compressor stalling trash cans. the entire airplane was a rational design meant to meet specific design and tactical requirements-short range point defense interceptor-of the customer who then went and screwed the pooch by trying to make it something it was not designed to be.<br />New hotness would not come to be until the F-16 arrived, it only needed another thirty square feet of wing area to be all that it could be.capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.com