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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Why the F18 for the US Navy ?
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Date: 24 Jan 90 03:34:55 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!anthony@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony Lee)
>for one thing the F14s could carry 6 phoenix missiles whereas the F18s
>could only carry 2 sparrows.  

Not true either way.  The F-18 can carry more Sparrows by using wing pylons
for them, while the F-14 carries six Phoenixes only as an overload condition,
in which performance specs (including ability to land on a carrier in poor
conditions) are relaxed.

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