Gizmo Lovers Blog » Fighting Falcon http://www.gizmolovers.com TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The Legacy Of The Lockheed Martin F-16http://www.gizmolovers.com/2012/04/16/the-legacy-of-the-lockheed-martin-f-16/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2012/04/16/the-legacy-of-the-lockheed-martin-f-16/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:33:30 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=9418 Continue reading →]]> Lockheed Martin Logo As part of their commemoration of the production of the 4,500th F-16 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin has released a few videos. I posted one previously, and this one features LockMart employees talking about the legacy of the F-16:

Also, I’d added this video as an edit to my previous post, but as some of you may have already seen the post before it was added you may have missed it. In it test pilot Phil Oestricher relates the story of the unplanned first flight of the YF-16 – Flight Zero:

]]> http://www.gizmolovers.com/2012/04/16/the-legacy-of-the-lockheed-martin-f-16/feed/ 0 Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon – 4,500 Built And Countinghttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2012/04/04/lockheed-martin-f-16-fighting-falcon-4500-built-and-counting/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2012/04/04/lockheed-martin-f-16-fighting-falcon-4500-built-and-counting/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:04:25 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=9407 Continue reading →]]> Lockheed Martin Logo The F-22 Raptor may have only made it to 187 built, and the F-35 Lightning II program is struggling with delays and cost overruns, but Lockheed Martin has a reason to celebrate. Last month they delivered the 4,500th F-16 Fighting Falcon. The first YF-16 flew as part of the Light Weight Fighter competition in 1974. Of course, back then it was a General Dynamics product. It wasn’t until 1993 that Lockheed acquired GD’s aircraft business, including the F-16. To celebrate the delivery of the 4,500th F-16, Lockheed Martin released this video:

Lots of history there, but I still wish the F-16XL had gone into production. It is just a damn cool looking design.

EDIT: Lockheed released this video today, of test pilot Phil Oestricher telling the story of the unplanned first flight of the YF-16 – Flight Zero:

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