"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
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"sanjian" wrote in message
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I'd like to see him survive flying one of the most dangerous aircraft
in
US
military history.

Sounds like a ridiculous claim to me. The F-102 did have
its share of problems, and all of the "century series" of
fighters were rather unsafe by today's standards. But overall
it appears seems to have been a well-liked aircraft without
major aerodynamic problems (which is much more than one
can say about the F-101 or the early F-100s), restricted to
a short first-line career mainly by a performance level and
electronic systems that fell short of the desired standards.

This seems to be an erroneous conclusion on your part

The accident statistics are available at

http://afsafety.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Fl...s/f102mds.html

Of the 1000 or so aircraft produced 259 were lost
killing 70 pilots

In 1969 there were 13 losses for 162,000 hours flown
and 2 pilot fatalities


As I pointed out, that's low compared to other planes of that same time.
True, the F-102 was being used differently than some of the others, but the
F-102 doesn't look THAT bad compared to the others. In fact, for hours flown
in 1969, its pretty decent, safety-wise. Why are you so selective with your
stats?

http://afsafety.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Fl...aft_stats.html

The F-100 had 31 losses and 10 pilot fatalities for 279,280 hours flown in
1969.

The F-101 had 10 losses and 3 pilot fatalities for 70,548 hours flown in
1969.

***The F-102 had 13 losses and 2 pilot fatalities for 162,000 hours flown
in 1969. ***

The F-104 had 10 losses and 3 pilot fatalities for 32,322 hours flown in
1969.

The F-105 had 14 losses and 9 pilot fatalities for 104,921 hours flown in
1969.

The F-106 had 6 losses and 1 pilot fatalities for 64,204 hours flown in
1969.

The F-111 had 8 losses and 4 pilot fatalities for 30,806 hours flown in
1969.