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From: magnus%thep.lu.se@Urd.lth.se (Magnus Olsson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Thrust reversers
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.215720.18373@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 21 Nov 90 21:57:20 GMT
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From: magnus%thep.lu.se@Urd.lth.se (Magnus Olsson)
In article <1990Nov20.020623.25836@cbnews.att.com> rqdms@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (DENNIS STOCKERT) writes:
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>From: rqdms@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (DENNIS STOCKERT)
>>>> (Mary Shafer) writes:
>>>> ...
>>>>Fighters and bombers don't have thrust reversing.  Some have
>>>>drag chutes, though.
>>>
>
>There IS a US research program that has a fighter aircraft with a 
>vectoring, thrust reversing nozzle... the aircraft is a modified F-15 
>Eagle


The Swedish Saab 37 Viggen fighter, operational since the early seventies,
has a thrust reverser. 

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