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North American's often-forgotten F-107A remains perhaps the most enigmatic of the famous early "Century Series" fighters. The enigma stems from the fact that it was an outstanding and extraordinarily effective war-plane and was, perhaps, the best airplane in the world for its particular job at the time of its late 1956 first flight. Mysteriously, it was never to go into production, even in light of its superior capabilities. The F-107A scored several firsts. Among them were a truly unique flight control system, an advanced inlet system, and the incorporation of a semi-submerged store. It was also the last of a long line of North American fighters to be built.
Pages: 145
Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Steve Ginter
ISBN: 9780942612981
Product Code: GB298
William Simone
William J. Simone holds a B.S. Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Northrop Institute of Technology, and later attended classes at California Institute of Technology and Kansas University. Upon graduating from the University of Southern California AFROTC program, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. He has logged approximately 1,000 hours in numerous aircraft and is a former F-86F owner. During his nearly 45 years in the aerospace industry, both as an engineer and flight tester, he worked on the B-1A, Space Shuttle, F-20A, RF5E, F-5E/F, TSSAM, T-6A/B Texan II, AT-6, JASSM, U-2S/ST, F-117A, X47B, B-2A, F-35A and a number of other programs. Over the years his work has been published in numerous magazines. He is the author of Air Force Legends 203 North American F-107A, his favorite aircraft. For several years he served on the Flight Test Historical Foundation Board of Directors and was Air Force Flight Test Museum Committee Chair for many of those years. He is now retired.
