Author Topic: Modern Day FICON (Read 3351 times)

GTX · « **on:** May 04, 2006, 04:00:33 pm »

Hi folks,

I was looking for something else and came across the following in my files - anyone have any information on these:

I also thought that since we have discussed the concept of a modern day ZELL, we might also like to discuss a modern day FICON.

Regards,

Greg

Chris707 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2006, 06:03:26 pm »

IIRC, that's a 1970s Boeing proposal for a manned "micro fighter" that would be launched and retrieved from a 747; I've got more on this _somewhere_

Chris

elmayerle · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2006, 06:21:29 pm »

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IIRC, that's a 1970s Boeing proposal for a manned "micro fighter" that would be launched and retrieved from a 747; I've got more on this _somewhere_

Chris

There was a good article on it in APR. I'll see if I can find it.

pometablava · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2006, 12:55:25 am »

Greg,

As Evan sais, the information you're looking for is on APR Issue V5N3

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/aprorder.htm

Regards

Antonio