About

Tiger Century Aircraft is a 30+ year military aircraft design engineering and modification company. Our name derives from a clear focus on the development of innovative technologies that take the F-5 Tiger aircraft into the 21st century.

Strengths and Capabilities

We possess in-depth knowledge of both the F-5 and T-38 in all areas, including design, manufacturing, operations and logistical support. We have significant experience on USAF T-38 and  international F-5 upgrade programs.

Keys to Our Success

Our success is based on three fundamentals:

1. Thorough knowledge of the design of the T-38 and F-5

2. Small company responsiveness to Customer requirements

3. A very low overhead structure to keep costs low

Registered with the US Government

History

Tiger Century Aircraft was founded by Andrew Skow, an aeronautical engineer, aerospace executive, and entrepreneur who was recipient of the Wright Brothers Medal for his contributions to aerospace engineering. 

He was Chief Engineer for Aerosciences on the F-20 TigerShark, the first Northrop aircraft to achieve Mach 2 speed. Skow had design and flight test responsibility for aerodynamics, performance, stability and control, propulsion integration and thermodynamics. He is widely credited with being the originator of the name ‘TigerShark’ that was given to the F-20. Skow also developed advanced design technologies for high angle of attack aerodynamics that led to the Shark Nose forebody design of the Northrop F-5F aircraft, and pioneered the development of both passive and active Forebody Vortex Control.

Skow left Northrop in 1983 to found Eidetics International, a prestigious aeronautical research and engineering company. Under his leadership, Eidetics developed several advanced technologies to enhance the agility and maneuverability of high performance fighter and trainer aircraft, including the T-38 and F-16. Skow and Eidetics are best known for the development of advanced “Agility Metrics” that extended and enhanced the pioneering work by Col. John Boyd and Tom Christy that created ‘energy maneuverability theory.’

Skow is a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) where he served as the Chairman of the association’s Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Committee.