Agreed. And we mustn't forget the bribery of European politicians and the corruption at Lockheed at the time.splash wrote:A great a/c sadly killed off by the Starfighter.
The SR-53 evolved into the SR-177, the full story is here in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MiEke2YCl0;
Hope you find it interesting.