Military Aviation Art
Seventh in the famed "Century
Series" of supersonic fighters, the F-107 served as a test bed for
North American's X-15 rocketplane, becoming the first aircraft to fly
controlled by a side stick. Now commonplace on everything from F-16s and
Airbus A380s to even the smallest EAA homebuilt, side stick controllers
became state-of-the-art serving to create clean and efficient cockpit
environments in many modern aircraft. Although never mass-produced, the
F-107 in its unique NASA markings remains a beautiful-looking airplane to
this day. |
