<VV> Bordering Comical...(NOCorvair)

[mhicks130 at cox.net]

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>("Unstable" in the 
> sense that an F-16 is unstable - why it can't take off from a carrier but 
> don't try to outturn one, AFTI could fly sideways).
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F-16's can't take off from carrier decks because if you hook one up to the catapult it will break in half and if you don't, it can't get going fast enough in time.  It's not a stabity issue.