Aircraft that never lived up to their promise

"Earl Watkins" wrote in message
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Many aircraft did poorly in ther intended roll only to become stars in
the roll they wound up in. An example is the F-111, it was to be the
air superority ground attack fighter for the Navy and the Air Force,
It wound up being one of the best ground attack aircraft in the USAF,
and never even made Navy service.


The USAF and Navy versions of the F-111 shared an airframe and powerplants
but not missions. The USAF version was to be a long-range, low-level
supersonic, all-weather strike aircraft while the Navy version was to be an
all-weather, carrier-based fleet defense fighter.