Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Can the backseater in f-18's bring it home? Message-ID: <1991Apr19.071158.14621@amd.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 23:07:47 GMT References: <1991Apr18.032319.21395@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: NC Microproducts, Inc. Richardson, Tx Lines: 26 Approved: military@amd.com From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) }From: "Hanhwe N. Kim" }I have a question about the 2-seater planes the US navy likes: }Can the guy in the back seat bring the plane home if the pilot }is incapacitated in any way? }And generalizing from there, why are 2-seaters considered more survivable? I beleive the Navy liked the F18 better because it had 2 engines, not two seats. Two engines means that if one goes out on final approach to the carrier, you still have power to maneuver. In a single engine aircraft, you're in the water. }Recently in Korea, the air force reversed an earlier decision to }get f-18's and got f-16's instead. In the previous debates, it was }argued that pilots liked the f-18 better because of its higher }survivability due to its being a 2-seater. My memory may be playing tricks with me, but I beleive the F16 comes in a two-seat version as well. Confirmation? -- Lance T. Franklin ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org