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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Mcdonnell-douglas/northrop F/a-18
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Date: 5 Aug 90 04:26:19 GMT
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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)

 TR> the fly off.

 TR> The situation was a little more complicated than that.  Yes,
 TR> the Navy has a preference for 2 engined planes, whatever the
 TR> reason.

     The Navy loves twin engine planes because of survivability. In the Air
Force, if you get engine trouble in a one engine plane, you route to the
nearest emergency airfield. In the Navy, when you get engine trouble you
got lots of nice pretty ocean to land in and not much else, except for your
friendly neighborhood postagestamp which could be hundreds of miles away.
Much better to have a back up engine than to lose a megabuck plane because
of an engine failure.