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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)
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Subject: Re: F111
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Date: 23 Aug 90 01:44:40 GMT
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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)

 HS> would have been usable only from the larger carriers.  But the 
 HS> Navy did not want the F-111 and emphasized its problems very 
 HS> heavily and its virtues not at all.  (The F-111B's specs, which 
 HS> it mostly met, were much more demanding than those of the F-14A 
 HS> that replaced it in Navy plans.) 

        The F-111b was a DOG, don't let anybody tell you different. Its
 trans/super sonic manuverability was so bad they were worried if you
 could turn it at all. This was an attack aircraft, and trying to make
 it a fighter was the biggest mistake Mr. Macnamara (sp?) ever made.