Subject: Piper Cub Vs F-15
From: "Emilio"
Date: 6/29/2004 11:13 AM Central Daylight Time
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It is hard to believe that F-15 can fly formation with Piper Cub.

http://www.pipercubforum.com/intercep.htm

Do F-15 fly by wire system prevent the aircraft from stalling at that low
speed? Last time I saw an aircraft with fly by wire system did such a
stunt, Airbus plowed right in to the forest at the end of the forest!

Emilio.

The article is from ANN which automatically makes the details automatically
suspect. If it was written my Jim "Capt Zoom" Campbell it is near fiction even
based on an actual event. For a little overview see:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ousterj/zoom.html

What tripped my BS alarm was the C-172's pilot's first hint he wasn't alone was
the "smell of burning paint." Unless the guy was stone deaf would he not have
heard the F-15 if it were close enough to smell? I'm am not saying the event
didn't occur, just not the way it was written.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired