"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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"Ian MacLure" wrote in message
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Safety wasn't the problem. Drag was. The F-102 was supposed to be
a supersonic aircraft but wasn't good for much beyond Mach 1.
That would make it a supersonic aircraft.
Yes strictly speaking I suppose it would however just barely.
Mach 1.3 or so?
Area ruling and an increase in power gave us the F-106, easily
capable of Mach 2.
The F-102A was area ruled.
Seems I had the development history confabulated with the
operational versions. Couldn't find the reference that talked
the development issues which (IIRC) included area ruling to
deal with unexpectedly high drag
IBM
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