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From: newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III)
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Subject: Re: F-117A performance?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 03:30:11 GMT
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From: newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III)

From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
> In article brooksp@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Peter Brooks) writes...
> > I've heard that the nickname for the
> > 117 is the Wobblin' Goblin, but hey, why *should* it be easy
> > to fly?  The pilots seem pretty happy with its performance..

Actaully, the pilots that I talked with this summer were quite offended
when people refer to their plane as the "Wobblin' Goblin".  That name
was reserved for the F-85, which was not successful.  According to my
sources, pilots refer to the F-117 as the "Black Jet".

Incidently, the F-117 is quite easy to fly.  The hard part about it
is that there is no 2 seat F-117 to train in, and all flights were
at night until recently.

> I like the name that the Iraqis are using for the F-117A: the Ghost or
> the Devil.

Dick Cheeny commented in a breifing that the F-117 is making the case
for stealth in a very convincing way.

-john-

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