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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--The A-4 Skyhawk
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Date: 25 Oct 90 01:45:00 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man)
>... The external ribs for the rudder,
>a trade mark of the A-4, is another case in point.

Actually, this is one of the two or three things Heinemann is embarrassed
about.  The Skyhawk ran into two or three minor problems during development,
hasty fixes were thrown in to meet deadlines, and there was never a chance
to go back and tidy them up properly.  The externally-ribbed rudder was one
of them; that improvised-looking bulge above the tailpipe is another.
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