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**Bunkerbarge** · 17-02-2006

I still think of the Stealth fighter as ground breaking new technology, and they are retiring it!

Still I remember the 1127 Kestrel coming out and remembering how that changed the face of fighters as we knew them. I once saw an incredibly interesting documentary about the development of the Harrier and how they first test flew it tethered to the ground. The ropes were slowly increased in length as the pilots become more competent with the aircraft. I also distinctly remember seening one coming in for a normal landing, messing it up and skidding the length of the runway sideways!! What nerves of steel test pilots of that calibre must have had.

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