Introduction
The first F-16 was developed in 1974. They wanted a lightweight fighter that wouldn’t cost as much as the fighters they had at the time. They also needed a way to have a bomber without going out and building another bomber which would cost millions more. So they decided to turn the F-16 into a fighter/bomber and it all worked out. Here’s how.
The Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon
They F-16 Fighting Falcon was developed and produced by General Dynamics Corp, until they went bankrupt. Then eventually Lockheed took over the production of the F-16.
The manufacture of the first F-16 began at General Dynamic’s Fort Worth plant in August of 1975. This involved General Dynamics in a major modernization of its huge Fort Worth plant, which had originally been built during World War II.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, when it first came out, was designed to be in the Air Forces lightweight fighter (LWF) program. The first F-16 was developed as a YF-16 prototype back in 1972. It made it’s first official flight on February 2, 1974. A level speed of Mach 2 at 40,000 ft was
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Anderson had no choice but to put the wheels up, and put it down in the dirt, right in front of thousands of General Dynamic employees and their families. He was unhurt, but the damage to the hand-built prototype was too expensive to repair. On two occasions during these early test flights, the F-100 engine went uncommanded idle while in flight, forcing a dead-stick landing. Temporary flying restrictions were imposed on the YF-16 until the problem could be corrected. The fault was traced to contamination of the fuel-control valve which caused the valve to jam in the idle position, but while the curbs were in effect the YF-16 had to remain within dead-stick landing distance of the
P-40’s. North American Aviation realized that the current aircraft were not adequate for the newer German fighters. Instead of providing less than capable aircraft to the war effort, North American presented a request to Britain, allow them to create a new, original aircraft that exceeds the Luftwaffe armament. The British decided to allow for the new program and thus the P-51 “Mustang” was born.
The history of flying dates back as early as the fifteenth century. A Renaissance man named Leonardo da Vinci introduced a flying machine known as the ornithopter. Da Vinci proposed the idea of a machine that had bird like flying capabilities. Today no ornithopters exist due to the restrictions of humans, and that the ornithopters just aren’t practical. During the eighteenth century a philosopher named Sir George Cayley had practical ideas of modern aircraft. Cayley never really designed any workable aircraft, but had many incredible ideas such as lift, thrust, and rigid wings to provide for lift. In the late nineteenth century the progress of aircraft picks up. Several designers such as Henson and Langley, both paved the way for the early 1900’s aircraft design. Two of the most important people in history of flight were the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers were given the nickname the “fathers of the heavier than air flying machine” for their numerous flights at their estate in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright created a motor-powered biplane in which they established incredible feats of the time. The Wright Brothers perfected their design of the heavier than air flying ma...
The P-51 Mustang is regarded by many sources as the greatest fighter plane ever created. With the technological advancements this plane achieved, to it’s service record, to it’s importance in winning World War Two, the Mustang is truly one of the greats. The Mustang played a key role in long range bomber support and saved countless bomber crew’s lives, and pilots loved to fly it. The P-51 had the most aerial victories of any American fighter in World War Two and it was flown by some of America’s top aces. The P-51 was a beast of a fighter plane
F-111 created by James Rosenquist was created in 1964 which was made in the middle of one of the biggest 86 foot long panel to ever wrap around the four walls of the Leo Castelli. Rosenquist was inspired by advertising pieces and photographs by older artist that in his studio of artwork that was displayed on the floor. While his work was displayed on the floor he would examine the paintings and all the colors displayed and see the full range of colors allowed him to see his vision. Rosenquist took as his subject the F-111 fighter bomber plane, which is the newest, most technologically advanced weapon in development at the time, and positioned it on billboards and by earlier mural scaled paintings such as Claude Monet’s Water Lilies. He positioned his main subject, which was in advancement at the time, flying through fragmented images of buyer products and also
...f 173 fighter aircraft models were made during the war. Fighter planes best showcased the constant struggle for supremacy in technology for the Axis and Allied powers as each side seemed to be in desperate need to outdo the other through improving the features and abilities of the aircrafts. The credentials for the top fighter aircrafts included the top speed, how much armament it could carry, the range, durability, visibility out of cockpit windows, and the overall flying performance. Two american fighters that received high marks were the North American P-51D Mustang and the Republic P-47D. For many the North American P-51D Mustang is considered the greatest fighter in World War 2 due to its range of 1140 miles that could increase to 2200 miles when external tanks were used. It visibility in the cockpit received high marks, as did its speed and maneuverability.
Furthermore, IBM did not stop producing punch cards for the Nazi murder machine until the war finally ended in 1945. Ford never stopped either; however, Ford was also arguably the most instrumental factor in the Allied war effort. “By the end of the war, Ford had built 86,865 complete aircraft, plus 57,851 airplane engines, thousands of engine superchargers and generators, and 4,291 military gliders,” (Grudens). This was just in the United States; Ford’s plants in Great Britain and Canada joined the production efforts, as well. His company also produced jeeps, armored cars, tanks, and robot
Following the bi-planes, the bomber design took great change. In a Unites States Army Air Corp or USAAC competition in 1934, they were looking for a new plane that could provide defense and better qualities than the current service plane, the Keystone bi-plane bomber. (Boeing B-17 Flying) Boeing came up with the design and built the B-17 and won the competition. The plane was not a bi-plane, but a single winged, nine cylinder radial engine plane that could carry a normal cargo storage of 25 tons and could fly a distance of 2 thousand miles. (Boeing B-17 Flying) The plane had been described by a German test pilot who flew a captured B-17 who said “the aircraft was easy to fly and land. When one had become accustomed...
The United States needed an enormous bomber plane that could carry out the plans that air force wanted. There were two main focuses for sending the B-29’s over to the Pacific. Author James Lee Cate said,”...the plan was aimed at two objectives currently sponsored by President Roosevelt: to speed up the war against Japan and to bolster the morale of the Chinese.” Air company, Boeing, and American Air Force designed the B-29 Superfortress in 1939. Boeing had come up with a huge project in making these big bombers. The new bomber plane was unlike any plane at the time. At 99 feet long and with a wingspan of 141 feet, the B-29 had a top speed of 365 miles per hour. Its range was about 5, 830 miles and it could hold a crew of ten men. The B-29 had fast speed, good range, as well as carrying big bombs. The Air Corps needed a plane exactly like this. This bomber was also the heaviest plane to date because it was equipped with bombs and defensive weapons. Being able to hold many bombs because of its...
On December 17, 1903 the first ever powered flying machine named the Kitty Hawk was successfully tested by the Wright Brothers. Three and a half years later on August 1, 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps formed the first aeronautical division in the military (History of the Air Force Part 1). During World War One American planes were still very primitive compared to the other nations; most skilled American pilots were flying French planes because they were more advanced and trustworthy than their own American planes. And thanks to the Army Reorganization Act of 1920 that made the Air Service a combat arm of the military, and in 1926 the Air Corps Act was established and the Air Service changed its name to the Air Corps on July 2nd 1926 (History of the Air Force Part 2). After Adolf Hitler kicked off World War two by invading Poland, The Army Air Corps began a steady growth from twenty six thousand and less than two thousand air craft to eighty thousand air craft and over two point four million personal.
the famed Model T in 1908. When Ford began putting the mass-produced cars on the market, they could offer their. cars for so much less than their competition that the co etition had to upgrade the features of their cars drastically. just to compete with them. Eventually, other car companies also. began to use assembly lines.
...ilities of the tanks being penetrated were slim. Also there was an addition of an anti-craft gun which made it even more powerful and unstoppable (Slayton 103).
In 1957, the army began developing a new fighting force based on the helicopter. ...
Planes have developed immensely through the years. The Wright brothers developed the first plane in 1903.
Henry Ford incorporated Ford Motor Company in 1903 in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is known as one of the largest automobile companies in the world. Datamonitor: Ford Motor Company, 2010 p. 4 (datamonitors: Ford Motor Company, 2010 p. 4). Since 1980, Ford has been able to remove $5 billion from its operating costs (Brady, 1986, p. 8).
By 1899 Ford created a more proper looking motorcar with the help of wealthy businessman William Murphy. It had high wheels, a padded double bench, brass lamps, mud guards, and a "racy" look. In the same year Ford founded the Detroit Automobile Company. Within 3 years Ford had built an improved, more reliable Quadricycle, using a four-cylinder, 36 horsepower-racing engine. In 1901 his car beat what was then the world's fastest automobile in a race before a crowd of eight thousand people in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The publicity he received for this victory allowed Ford to finance a practical laboratory for refining his auto ideas. In 1903 Ford launched his own car company, The Ford Motor Car Company, and by January 1904 he had sold 658 vehicles. By 1908 he built the famous Model T, a car that was affordable to the middle class. The automobile was no longer the toy of the rich.