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From: jons@osc.edu (Jon Steinbach )
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Subject: Re: variable geometry wings
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Date: 7 Apr 90 05:13:59 GMT
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From: jons@osc.edu (Jon Steinbach )

In article <15314@cbnews.ATT.COM> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) writes:
>
>question:  Is that an F-5 or an F-20 in the background of the Chuck Yeager car
>commercial?  Never got a good look at it...F-5s seem to be one of the more
>common fighters seen in movies/TV.  Don't get to see many F-15s.
>
  It is an F-20 Tigershark. Chuck Yeager was a test pilot for the F-20
  before the program was scratched.  
  I have seen T-38s and F-4s in movies alot. I think there was an F-105
  in "Apocalypse Now", but my memory could be wrong.

Jon Steinbach
jons@oscsunb.osc.edu