FS2004 North American F-107 \/YF-107A Package

FS2004 North American F-107 \/YF-107A Package

FS2004 North American F-107 \/YF-107A Package. The North American YF-107A was intended as a fighter-bomber based on the F-100 airframe. It featured a partially recessed weapons bay under the fuselage and underwent drastic design changes which resulted in the abandonment of the F-100B designation in favor of YF-107A. The aircraft featured some cutting-edge technology, including a vertical slab, variable area inlet ducts, a fly-by-wire control system which allowed quicker rolling at supersonic speeds, and a number of other innovations. Ultimately, three aircraft were built and tested with generally favorable results. The F-107 was a fast, maneuverable airplane that showed promise, but in the end the program was cancelled, to be replaced by the well-known Republic F-105 Thunderchief. Two survive, one at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Arizona, and the other in the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. By Alpha Simulations. 3.6MB