[doorgunner69]

its is stunning that there isn't at least a rudimentary set of analog backups on the F-22

It's been said a lot of older pilots had a deep mistrust for the new "fly-by-wire" systems of the F-16 and -18. You have to wonder what other "gotchas" might lurk in the code.

At least they still had flight control...........

[HardStarboard]

>>>It's been said a lot of older pilots had a deep mistrust for the new "fly-by-wire" systems<<<

I'm not a pilot, but I have breakfast at a joint about twice a week with a founder of the Top Gun school at Miramar...a former F-4 naval aviator in Nam.

I'm confident he'll turn pale when I tell him this story.

My deep distrust of running computers without backup comes from starting in the computer business in 1962 with IBM and, after 11 years there, competing with them in the computer business for another 18.

I also have coffee with a 80 year old former NW pilot...he might have a heart attack if I tell him!!!