Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:20 pm
Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:44 pm
Nathan wrote:After some quick(and easy) research of what are some of the rarer jet aircraft types used by the USAF, three have a definite disadvantage.
Top 3:
The F-94 (less then a dozen surviving examples)
The F-89
The P/F-80
Other aircraft types of the era have better surviving numbers. Why there is a definite lacking in the top 3 is beyond me.
More cold war aircraft research later.
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:16 pm
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:51 pm
JohnB wrote:Where do you get 28 years for the F-80? Are you counting the T-33 or foreign use?
All USAF F-80s were gone by the 60s.
Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:49 pm
Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:04 am
Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:35 am
Nathan wrote:Top 3:
The F-94 (less then a dozen surviving examples)
The F-89
The P/F-80
Why there is a definite lacking in the top 3 is beyond me.
Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:57 am
sandiego89 wrote: The F-94 is a staight wing, two seater, with an ugly nose and awkward swept stab. No export.
The F-89 is a straight wing brutish, ugly two seater. No export
Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:54 am
JohnB wrote:sandiego89 wrote: The F-94 is a staight wing, two seater, with an ugly nose and awkward swept stab. No export.
The F-89 is a straight wing brutish, ugly two seater. No export
Look at their roles...interceptors.
The only possible export market would have been Canada (UK built their own back then...as did Sweden and France, and smaller air forces needed multi-role jets).
Sexiness had nothing to do with it...
They had state of the art AI radars for their day. The 89 was hampered by low powered engines, and as I mentioned, the F-94 was a interim type.
It's amazing more F-94s didn't survive.
I used to update the survivors lists of both types on wiki but quit when wiki nerds (guys who don't know about the subject but love editing others work) wanted citations for every sighting of an airframe and edited out the airframes prior display locations (handy to have to figure out what went where).
Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:35 am
quemerford wrote:You well and truly forgot the B-45!
Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:38 am
sandiego89 wrote:Nathan wrote:Top 3:
The F-94 (less then a dozen surviving examples)
The F-89
The P/F-80
Why there is a definite lacking in the top 3 is beyond me.
The F-94 is a staight wing, two seater, with an ugly nose and awkward swept stab. No export.
The F-89 is a straight wing brutish, ugly two seater. No export
The P/F-80 was a straight wing fighter, rapidly eclipsed by the much more glamorous F-86. Export, but mostly to minor air forces with no major combat history overseas.
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:52 pm
Nathan wrote: You have to understand that your last statement is a matter of opinion. As I find all the aircraft on my list of interest,and even looks. Just saying............