Anonymous ID: d73a60 March 2, 2020, 1:45 p.m. No.8301950   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2007

>>8301898

F-104 was a widowmaker (ask the Luftwaffe) and only became popular because of bribes by Lockheed at the time. The Brits had the Saunders-Roe SR177 but the F-104 and bribes killed it off.

Anonymous ID: d73a60 March 2, 2020, 1:55 p.m. No.8302050   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>8302033

Navy planes with air-cooled radial engines were a lot more reliable and could take a real beating. Radiators were just too much of a liability at sea.