Fri, Feb 11, 2011
Aero-Linx!
Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough,
if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows
us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not
that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often
hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts
confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this
is done on the Internet.
The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat
sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to
ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the
sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new
spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into
cyber-aero-space for awhile.
Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via
Aero-Linx.
Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always
welcome, as well.
Aero-Linx: YF-23A Black Widow
II
In 1981, the Air Force developed a requirement for an Advanced
Tactical Fighter (ATF) as a new air superiority fighter. It would
take advantage of the new technologies in fighter design on the
horizon including composite materials, lightweight alloys, advanced
flight control systems, higher power propulsion systems, and
stealth technology. Air Force leaders believed these new
technologies would make aircraft like the F-15 and F-16 obsolete by
the early 21st century. Conceived in the early years of Reagan
administration, it was pictured as being the aircraft which would
replace the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in USAF service. The
competitors were Lockheed with its YF-22 and Northrop/McDonnell
Douglas with its YF-23. Here's to the 1st runner up!
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