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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:26 AM Jun 2014

The designer of the F-16 explains why the F-35 is such a crappy plane

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-designer-of-the-f-16-explains-why-the-f-35-is-such-1591828468

The designer of the F-16 explains why the F-35 is such a crappy plane
Casey Chan
Yesterday 12:54am

According to the Pierre Sprey, co-designer of the F-16, the F35 is a turkey. Inherently, a terrible airplane. An airplane built for a dumb idea. A kludge that will fail time and time again. Just impossibly hopeless. And judging from the bajillion times the F-35 fleet has been grounded, well, he's probably not wrong. It's a trillion dollar failure. Watch Sprey eviscerate the F-35 in the video below.