SPF shout-out from Stephen Trimble on Hushkit

[GeorgeA]

Nice mention by Stephen (in Twitter question). Plus, it's a fun interview overall.

https://hushkit.net/2017/03/24/mig-21s-mc-21s-and-the-overrated-typhoon-in-conversation-with-flightglobals-stephen-trimble/

 

[CJGibson]

I always thought Fishbed was derived from the geological term

http://sjg.lyellcollection.org/content/12/3/205.extract

written by my sedimentology lecturer.

Chris

 

[Abraham Gubler]

I always thought that FISHBED was a variant of FISHPOT when FVEY Intel realised the MiG-21 wash't an Su-9. Didn't realise it was anything other than a feature some sort of fish might sleep on. I certainly wouldn't consider the FISHBED underrated. All those MiG-21s in the third world may have looked good on paper and during a flyover of the local dictator's parade but they had little real combat power. The F-5 was far superior because it was much easier to fly safely so young air forces could develop air combat skills without scaring or killing their pilots out of the business.