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From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lfwc.lockheed.com>
Subject: Re: Ada / Boeing 777
Date: 1996/03/18
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ron thompson wrote:

> 777 is the first 100% fly by wire, no mechanical backups
> of any kind, built in the US of A.

First _commercial_ aircraft that is 100% fly by wire, no
mechanical backups, built in the USA, of course.

As far as I know, the first production aircraft, including
_military_ aircraft, that was 100% fly by wire with no mechanical
backups of any kind, and built in the USA, has been in production
for about two decades now. The first _digital_ (software-based)
production yah de dah de dah has been in production for about
six years.

The F-16, of course, has the honor on both counts.