07-18-2003, 06:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-18-2003, 06:08 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Its job was to take off, fly fast, fly high, intercept, shoot, and head home before it flamed out. It was a pure GCI tool, and designed as such. (GCI = Ground Controlled Intercept)
It was designed for a pretty simple mission, and could do it.
As a photo recon bird, I suspect it did well enough. Have not read up on that, however U.S. "fast gas hogs" that were converted to photo recon birds, such as the RF-4 and the RF-8, did well enough.
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That describes every helicopter ever built. :P 10,000 parts flying in close formation, all trying to go their separate ways.
It was designed for a pretty simple mission, and could do it.
As a photo recon bird, I suspect it did well enough. Have not read up on that, however U.S. "fast gas hogs" that were converted to photo recon birds, such as the RF-4 and the RF-8, did well enough.
EDIT: PS
Quote:Testing an air force's logistics chain and keeping the grease monkeys at the depots busy with spare parts?
That describes every helicopter ever built. :P 10,000 parts flying in close formation, all trying to go their separate ways.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete