Flutter success

1998-11-18T00:00:00

The Boeing F-18E/F Super Hornet integrated test team has completed the aircraft's engineering and manufacturing development flutter flight test programme. The culmination of the programme was a 1.7h flight carrying two AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, two AGM-65 Maverick missiles and AGM-154s, in which the aircraft was dived to limit speed.

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