mjolner Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 http://www.d-n-i.net/second_level/boyd_military.htm Here is some good info on John Boyd. Definitely recommended reading for A2A comabt and just military tactics in general. This guy never got the credit deserved. Definitely take the time to read his Aerial Attack Study. Good stuff for the arm chair general in all of us.
walternowi Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 I read his biography. It is very interesting reading. He was brilliant and was quite an eccentric character. IIRC, somebody posted a link (to a scanned pdf) to his "Aerial Attack Study" over a SimHQ a while ago. Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 ASUS Sabertooth X79 4 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix VLP PC3-12800 ASUS Cerberus GTX 1070 Ti 8 Gb Seasonic Platinum 860W Thrustmaster Cougar Uber II Nxt CH Products PT/TQ/MFP Slaw Pedals TrackIR 5
S77th-konkussion Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 Discovery Wings did a documentary on him- plenty of humor in it. He didn't think much of the USAF "royalty", and the feeling was mutual. He was one bad-azz pilot too. "Legends of Airpower" series still airs on the Military Channel. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=43337&d=1287169113[/sIGPIC]
Kula66 Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Interesting read ... thanks for posting. Since reading a biog of Boyd a few years ago I'd been looking for some of his docs. The 'Aerial Attack' study is a bit heavy for me ... I guess its PhD in being a figther pilot stuff!
ViperEagle Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 His "theories" about aircraft developement however are sadly idiotic. He's the product of having the beejeezus scared out of pilots by the MiG-17's and 21's. To him, the F-teen series of fighters have all been "worthless". He went as far as to call the F-14 the Tomgrape because "it bled energy like a grape being smashed". Tell that to the Luftwaffe Fulcrum drivers that got waxed by Tomcats then.
Kula66 Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 His "theories" about aircraft developement however are sadly idiotic. He's the product of having the beejeezus scared out of pilots by the MiG-17's and 21's. To him, the F-teen series of fighters have all been "worthless". He went as far as to call the F-14 the Tomgrape because "it bled energy like a grape being smashed". Tell that to the Luftwaffe Fulcrum drivers that got waxed by Tomcats then. Have you read any of his work? It has been said he was one of the 'fathers' the the F-16 ... heavily responsibile for its design. Yes, he didn't get everything he wanted - the AF kept adding features that added weight! His theories started way before the Mig-21 and 17 ... he was a Sabre pilot!
mvsgas Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Code one Magazine article on Boyd http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=156 To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
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