Originally Posted By: dwendt44
I'm sure the U.S. had it's share of [censored] aircraft as well.
True... FB111 Aardvark is a prime example... designed to replace the B52 (BUFF) but
the BUFF is still with us wheres the Aardvark ain't... BUFF =(Big Ugly Flying Fooker)
The US Department of defense headed by McNamara wanted an all purpose
fighter with a long production run to lower cost and decreed that this
new wonder plane should be a front line fighter for both the Navy and
the Air Force. The result four years and a half billion dollars later
was the General Dynamics F111 a 50 ton monster that was promptly
dubbed the Aardvark...
During the congressional hearings for the aircraft, Vice Admiral
Thomas F. Connolly, then Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air
Warfare, responded to a question from Senator John C. Stennis as to
whether a more powerful engine would cure the aircraft's woes, saying,
"There isn't enough power in all Christendom to make that airplane
what we want!"
Whoa, frank talk like that is a possible career killer!!!