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Thread: 1950s fighter jet bomber wingtip coupling experiments - photo and video

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    A really complex system and one that adds a tremendous amount of loading in the wings of all 3 aircraft.
    Might have been simpler cheaper and safer to have created a tow system such as a glider tow or an under belly coupling like those for auxiliary fuel pods of belly bombs.
    This system looks like it would be disastrous in turbulence

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    Maybe impractical on a tactical basis, a creative strategic idea. Complicated, yes. But what impressed me is the engineering, retrofitting and successful flight tests just to gather data.
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    Totally in awe. 1950. Some brainstorming for that tech that probably led to further developments elsewhere & the general public knew nothing.
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