I have put together the first SSS.com monthly video interview with Jim LaChance and Bob Kruse, taken at Dayton. Unfortunately near the end I got my finger in front of the microphone and the sound is a bit weird, but you can still get the drift – will interview more SSS members in Tucson for future videos and they will be better. Shep
Today in History – April 29, 1949 – Prototype of McDonnell XF-85 “Goblin” dropped from crane at Moffett Field.
29 April 1949 – During WWII a need was discovered for a “parasite fighter” – a jet fighter to protect bombers from hostile intercept aircraft. Pilot fatigue from P-41 and P-51 pilots who were protecting Boeing B-17’s, B-24’s, and Boeing B-29’s was a real problem. Aerial refueling hadn’t been perfected and these interceptors couldn’t match