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To: george76

>> F-16 stall speed is ...

Wouldn’t be a prob for the F-22.


3 posted on 02/16/2013 10:23:24 PM PST by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: Gene Eric; george76
Wouldn’t be a prob for the F-22.

Why not? The maximum speed (in level flight) for the Cessna 152 is about 120 mph. Cruising speed is about 100 mph. Stall speed is about 60 mph.

I don't know what the stall speed for the F-22 is, but I'd bet big money that it's well above even the max speed of the Cessna. Potentially, the Raptor pilot might try some tricks like sitting on his tail while letting his aircraft stay aloft on mostly thrust, but the aircraft is not happy doing that for more than a very short time.

Could you by chance be thinking of the not yet operational F-35B? It is a VSTOL aircraft. It should be able to slow fly, but at the cost of enormous fuel usage.

15 posted on 02/17/2013 1:01:01 AM PST by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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