Höpö höpö. Jostain syystä netti on pullollaan kansantaruja siitä, että F-16:n kehitystaival olisi ollut jotenkin erityisen ongelmallinen. Ei vaan pidä paikkaansa. Ei sinne päinkään.
"The F-16 is known in Air Force circles as the "lawn dart" for its tendency to plunge back to Earth when its single engine flames out, and in most years, engine failure causes more accidents than any other factor. But pilot error was responsible for about the same number of F-16 accidents as engine failure in the past year." http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,154457,00.html
Se tosin selvisi toisinaan virrattomana ehjänä alas kun F-104 aikaan ei ollut juuri mitään jakoa.
http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=148922#p148922The term "Lawn Dart" came from the prototype days. The YF-16 very famously (and publicly) landed gear up in the grass at Carswell. This and some early Class A's contributed to the term.
The joke went something like:
Q: "What does an F-16 turn into when the engine fails?"
A: "A Lawn Dart."
If I'm not mistaken (and sometimes I am), the fact that GD's previous single engine frontline fighter was the F-106. So, "Delta Dart", and "Lawn Dart", seemed to kind of fit. Much like Fairchild Republic with the Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, Thunderchief, and Thunderbolt II being nicknamed "Hog", "Super Hog", "Ultra Hog", and "Warthog".
http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=148991#p148991While I was stationed at Hahn in the early 80's, the Lawn Dart toys had just been taken off of the store shelves in the U.S. because of injuries and I think a death. The F-15 guys over at Bitburgh started calling our 16's lawn darts after we lost a jet. Of course our pilots started waxing them in the air and that was the only thing they could say in return...
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