To: Seven_0
But an F/A-18 is a very different animal than a F-16. The F/A-18 was designed to fly slow to get the approach speed down for a carrier landing. The Air Force only required the F-16 to be able to stop before it came to the end of their 10,000 foot runways.
13 posted on
05/07/2004 12:39:23 PM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I don't know if they were carrying any weapons stateside, but an F-16 traveling light could have a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than one-to-one. With enough altitude, slow speed flying would not be to hazardous. I would not be suprised if they practiced that kind of stuff, it could be handy.
More likely the passenger plane was fast enough to keep up.
16 posted on
05/07/2004 2:05:49 PM PDT by
Seven_0
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