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<blockquote data-quote="Cariboocreek" data-source="post: 263792" data-attributes="member: 4940"><p>The "widowmaker" nickname for the 104 was almost exclusively because of the German Air Force. The 104 did suffer suffer from some inherent design issues particularly at low speed operations due to a lack of control surfaces. However, each design is a compromise and the control surfaces were more than adequate at Mach 2+. The larger issue with the 104 was the computer flight control system. In the early days, and the known cause of several crashes was the computer not relinquishing control to the pilot or not relinquishing all control to the pilot. Just as an FYI final approach speed minimum was approximately 230 knots. The RCAF procedure, should there have been an engine failure was simply to pull the handles and eject. There was no such thing as a forced approach/dead stick landing in a 104. I understand from my father, there was one dead stick landing with a Canadian 104 that was successful in the early sixties.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cariboocreek, post: 263792, member: 4940"] The "widowmaker" nickname for the 104 was almost exclusively because of the German Air Force. The 104 did suffer suffer from some inherent design issues particularly at low speed operations due to a lack of control surfaces. However, each design is a compromise and the control surfaces were more than adequate at Mach 2+. The larger issue with the 104 was the computer flight control system. In the early days, and the known cause of several crashes was the computer not relinquishing control to the pilot or not relinquishing all control to the pilot. Just as an FYI final approach speed minimum was approximately 230 knots. The RCAF procedure, should there have been an engine failure was simply to pull the handles and eject. There was no such thing as a forced approach/dead stick landing in a 104. I understand from my father, there was one dead stick landing with a Canadian 104 that was successful in the early sixties. [/QUOTE]
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