10.01.2006, 15:16
Hab was interessantes bei Wiki entdeckt. 
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In a 1975 fly-off, the Cobra competed against the General Dynamics F-16 Falcon and pilots reported very similar capabilities. General Dynamics had gambled by gearing up for immediate production, and so won the contract. The YF-17 is said to have initially been a joint project between the US Northrop Grumman and the Iranian government. Interestingly, the post-revolution Iranian aircraft industry has produced an aircraft very similar in outward appearence to the YF-17 in the IAMI Azarakhsh, created from reverse engineering the F-5 Freedom Fighter.
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