[hyair]

There is one thing which is common regarding the two - they never entered service ! the Sky lancer was produced with 5 prototypes and was handeled to NASA - one was flown by Nil Armstrong the first man on the moon.
The Super Tiger was built with two prototypes.
The Skylancer had J57 P21 engine with 7.5 ton thrust and max speed was 1.44 mach at hight with climb of 25K feet per min.
The range was improved by adding 2 meter to the fuselage and air to ground capability was not tested and only the Air to Air cabability for 20 mmguns and sidewinders
was there but it served as a plane for training Astronauts in NASA.
The Super Tiger with J79 of early series with only 6.8 ton thrust did 2.04 mach and 30 k feet per min.
Again the better aerodynamic lines and less drag of the fuselage gave clear advantage to the Super Tiger !!!
The Super Tiger was competing against the Starfighter F-104 in Germany but the last won due to heavy bribing of high ranking German officers by Lockheed company !!!
As a multirole fighter the Super Tiger as it was developed was much better and safer
fighter as history proved later with the F-104 which was named the widow maker with 116 pilots died in crashes and total 300 crashed from a fleet of 900 !!!

Yair