The F-16 was only on a high-speed taxi test, but a control induced oscillation became so terrible he opted to take it off. Some of the sources say the YF-16 (control oscillation) did not have a computer, I do not reckon that is really right. I reckon it had a computer, but it was a very primitive computer and did not have any software to prevent oscillations. After this mishap I reckon they upgraded the computer and software and did some other modifications to reduce the chances of control induced oscillations. I reckon also they developed computer flight simulators to get pilots used to flying by wire and the new style control stick. With most aircraft you can tell how far the controls are lagging behind because the controls are directly linked, but with flyby wire and some versions of hydraulic control there is some lag that can easily confuse a pilot into over controlling the aircraft. If you try to glide an airplane that has a lot of control authority lag, you have to dampen your control inputs, and that does not come naturally. “Philip F. Oestricher was the first pilot to glide the YF-16. This occurred on 20 January 1974 during hi-speed taxi trials. He was a civilian employee of General Dynamics at the time” John G. Williams, a structural flight test engineer on the YF-16, recalls: During the first high-speed taxi test, a violent lateral oscillation had set in as a direct result of pilot-commanded oscillations (several maximum left/right commands) as the airplane …