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A comment on What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015). Parent comment

Re:What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015) by strictnein on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:22PM (#15751683)
Flappy wings, tough to land.

Computers don't fly the F-117, they help humans fly it. The difference between the two is significant.

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Re:What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015) by pilsetnieks on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:16PM (#15752612)
Those were the 80s computers though. We've gone a long way since then.
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