Modern Day FICON

[GTX]

Hi folks,

I was looking for something else and came across the following in my files - anyone have any information on these:




I also thought that since we have discussed the concept of a modern day ZELL, we might also like to discuss a modern day FICON.

Regards,

Greg

[Chris707]

IIRC, that's a 1970s Boeing proposal for a manned "micro fighter" that would be launched and retrieved from a 747; I've got more on this _somewhere_

Chris

[elmayerle]

IIRC, that's a 1970s Boeing proposal for a manned "micro fighter" that would be launched and retrieved from a 747; I've got more on this _somewhere_

Chris

There was a good article on it in APR.  I'll see if I can find it.

[pometablava]

Greg,

As Evan sais, the information you're looking for is on APR Issue V5N3

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/aprorder.htm


Regards

Antonio

[thundereagle1997]

F-20 with armor self sealing fuel tanks 2 J-85 sized EJ-200s a bubble canopy twin vertical tails a conventional tailplane canard foreplanes a wingspan of 28 feet 11.9 inches long a wing area of 388 to 400 square feet a wing loading of 6 to 8 pounds per square foot leading edge extensions aft strakes 2 30mm cannons a robust Russian style undercarriage simple but effective non electronic electronic countermeasures & 2 compact thrust reversers to shorten the take off & landing distance to only a mere 300 feet.

[thundereagle1997]

There's also a Reconnaissance version which keeps all the heat seeking & radar seeking air to air missiles & a single 30mm cannon.