On 10/18/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember reading it was tricky to land.
I heard from an uncle of mine who used to work at a base in Germany, and he claimed that the problem with the CF-104 was that the tiny wings required them to "fly right onto the tarmac" rather than "flaring out" just before landing like most airplanes. Trying to flare out caused them to stall, and since flare outs occur only a few metres from the ground, such a stall can't be recovered from. Apparently it was a case of pilots finding it hard to get rid of old habits, and not adapting to newer ways... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
