On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:12:58 -0500, "John Carrier"
wrote:

The F-18 and particularly the F-18E/F has significantly better high alpha
capability than the F-14.


I'd read that in flight testing the Tomcat they flew at 60 and even 90
degrees AOA and that the AOA limitations were mainly due to the crappy
TF30. Are the B&D any better or is it indeed an airframe limitation?