Hardly anyone in Naval Aviation has ever seen or even heard of the Viggie. Way way ahead of its time technologically in many ways. They went away when they were worn out at the end of the 70s. Same engines as the F-4 but so much cleaner aerodynamically its F-4 escorts had to be in afterburner to keep up with it in normal military power. Story was they were not easy to bring aboard the ship and the enemy knew they were coming over already attacked targets so unfortunately their loss rates were higher then usual. First fly by wire aircraft.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:42:00 +0000
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