Mogz wrote:
Yeah, the F-104 had a drag chute and it needed it. Most Fighters from the F-100 on had drag chutes. The F-100, 101, 104, were crowded out by the new generation of fighters. The new fighters don't need two miles of runway. The F-16 and the F-18 can easily get by with half that. Touch down speeds are now in the area of a hundred knots. What it means, is that a lot more runways are available. The F-16 could, in a pinch, use selected grass runways.
Yeah, the F-104 had a drag chute and it needed it. Most Fighters from the F-100 on had drag chutes. The F-100, 101, 104, were crowded out by the new generation of fighters. The new fighters don't need two miles of runway. The F-16 and the F-18 can easily get by with half that. Touch down speeds are now in the area of a hundred knots. What it means, is that a lot more runways are available. The F-16 could, in a pinch, use selected grass runways.
