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Test Pilot Explains The YF-23 Black Widow's Awesomely Innovative Flight Control System
The YF-23 was an amazing combination of cutting-edge innovations that we are still learning about. Its digital flight control system was no different.
AUGUST 14, 2020
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ws-awesomely-innovative-flight-control-system
The Only Man Who Flew Both The F-22 And The YF-23 On Why The YF-23 Lost
Test Pilot Paul Metz gives an in-depth brief on the YF-23 and the Advanced Tactical Fighter program, including his thoughts on why the F-22 won.
APRIL 5, 2019
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...-the-f-22-and-the-yf-23-on-why-the-yf-23-lost
In what may be my favorite installment in our ongoing series on Northrop's YF-23 Black Widow, we hear directly from famed test pilot Paul Metz. Metz started his career as an F-105G Wild Weasel pilot in Vietnam and went on to become one of America's preeminent test pilots. He flew Northrop's YF-23 on its first flight during the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition that pitted the jet against Lockheed's YF-22 and also went on to do the same for the F-22A. In the video below, he describes what the ATF program was like from the inside and just how good the YF-23 actually was. In addition, we get extra color on the accelerated flight test program Northrop executed for the competition from test pilot Jim Sandburg. Their testimony combined gives us an unprecedented look into the YF-23 program and paints a clear picture that YF-23 was indeed equal if not superior to its competition.
This Is What A Northrop F-23A Would've Looked Like If It Had Beaten Lockheed's F-22
Many argue that the YF-23 should have been selected over the YF-22 and these exclusive renderings show what a production F-23 would have looked like.
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ked-like-if-lockheed-lost-the-atf-competition
The YF-23 was an amazing combination of cutting-edge innovations that we are still learning about. Its digital flight control system was no different.
AUGUST 14, 2020
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ws-awesomely-innovative-flight-control-system
The Only Man Who Flew Both The F-22 And The YF-23 On Why The YF-23 Lost
Test Pilot Paul Metz gives an in-depth brief on the YF-23 and the Advanced Tactical Fighter program, including his thoughts on why the F-22 won.
APRIL 5, 2019
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...-the-f-22-and-the-yf-23-on-why-the-yf-23-lost
In what may be my favorite installment in our ongoing series on Northrop's YF-23 Black Widow, we hear directly from famed test pilot Paul Metz. Metz started his career as an F-105G Wild Weasel pilot in Vietnam and went on to become one of America's preeminent test pilots. He flew Northrop's YF-23 on its first flight during the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition that pitted the jet against Lockheed's YF-22 and also went on to do the same for the F-22A. In the video below, he describes what the ATF program was like from the inside and just how good the YF-23 actually was. In addition, we get extra color on the accelerated flight test program Northrop executed for the competition from test pilot Jim Sandburg. Their testimony combined gives us an unprecedented look into the YF-23 program and paints a clear picture that YF-23 was indeed equal if not superior to its competition.
This Is What A Northrop F-23A Would've Looked Like If It Had Beaten Lockheed's F-22
Many argue that the YF-23 should have been selected over the YF-22 and these exclusive renderings show what a production F-23 would have looked like.
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ked-like-if-lockheed-lost-the-atf-competition
