Re: F-14 do a VTOL flight?

From: Ed Rudnicki <erudnick_at_pica.army.mil>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 96 13:28:40 EDT

>On Tue, 9 Jul 96, Ed Rudnicki wrote:
>>The most you could really do is make it a STOL aircraft, as was done
>>with an F-15 a few years ago. For VTOL one would be better off with
>>a whole new airframe.
>
>Of course when they have done with it, it gonna be a totaly new airplane,
>but will it be a F-14?

No. When a design is changed enough it gets a new designation. For
example the way the F-5G became the F-20.




Ed

Received on Wed Jul 10 1996 - 14:15:11 PDT