Originally Posted by
Winemaker
The Mig 9
That was interesting, and if nothing else an organizational culture case study of some quality as regards aviation.
"To land, you have to shut off the engine, no waveoff / no go around!" (Yikes!)
"Well, the problem of actually using the guns remains ..." (That one reminds me of some of our supersonic aircraft that had odd weapons-release anomalies back in the 50's and 60's.
There are any number of other acquisition programs, in a variety of places, that have similarly curious stories. But that is its own topic.