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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Light vs. large carriers
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Date: 8 Nov 89 04:40:42 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: terryr@ogccse.ogc.edu (Terry Rooker)
>...The F-14 cannot operate from the 
>smaller fleet carriers (such as the Midway), so F-18 is used...

The only thing that can really be said about this is "tsk tsk, bad
aircraft design".  The A-3 Skywarrior, a *strategic bomber*, the
heaviest carrier-based aircraft in history, could operate off the
smaller fleet carriers.

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu