Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Until you really fly the airplane and do something that's when the rubber hits the road. Industry are developing any kind of computer or airplane system, and you will see there is no substitute for flying something."

Source: Colonel Tom Bergeson, Operations Group Commander at the First Fighter Wing at Virginia's Langley Air Force Base, commenting on a technical "glitch" that wiped out the navigational computers on six F-22 Raptors as they flew across the International Date Line on a February 10 ferry flight to Japan. Lockheed Martin reports it has worked out a fix for the bug, and is currently installing it throughout the fleet of 87 affected Raptors.

FMI: www.af.mil, www.lockheedmartin.com