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2005-08-04 Home Front: WoT

F/A-18 Has Suffered Brake Problems Since 1990

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-04 14:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, at least its not like a sudden unexplained loss of fly by wire control. Even better that it doesn't happen at 10 angels.

Posted by Omiger Snaviting1691 2005-08-04 15:19|| 2005-08-04 15:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Explains why they're so slow at Monnaco.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-04 16:05|| 2005-08-04 16:05|| Front Page Top

#3 E/F Models unaffected from what I hear.

All the more reason to trade out the old A's.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-08-04 22:04|| 2005-08-04 22:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Explains why they're so slow at Monnaco.

Reminds me of Enzo Ferrari when somebody was dissing the brakes on his cars, "I build them to go fast, not to stop."

Of course, Hornets are even cooler than Ferraris since they not only go fast but blow stuff up, besides.

Posted by SteveS 2005-08-04 23:04|| 2005-08-04 23:04|| Front Page Top

#5 How in the world did I miss this posting? I just posted the same darned thing. (So go ahead and kill Mine as duplicate if it shows up.)

If the Navy is really doing everything they can about this (retraining aviators, training maintenance crews, doing frequent inspections, consulting with Boeing on fixes), then this is a problem, but it will be worked out.

If they are sweeping it under the rug (which the MSM always assumes is the case, and unfortunately, really is the case maybe one in a hundred), then we have a problem.

Darn. I wrote a bunch of comments on the copy I posted, but can't remember them now.

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