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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. |