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From: daver!cypress!murf@decwrl.dec.com (Colin Murphy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--The A-4 Skyhawk
Summary: Self deploying slats, thank Willy not Ed
Message-ID: <1990Oct26.020554.26517@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 26 Oct 90 02:05:54 GMT
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From: daver!cypress!murf@decwrl.dec.com (Colin Murphy)

In article <1990Oct22.035428.17147@cbnews.att.com>, raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man) writes:
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> From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man)
> I certainly that Ed Heinemann is creative, but many of the features
> 
> As for the slats, they are just simply brillant.
> 

I believe that Willy Messerschmidt's Me-109's had self deploying leading edge
slats, obviously before the A-4 did.   I assume Ed knew about them.

This does not detract from the design accomplishment embodied in the A-4, 
the list of Ed Heinemann's aircraft, and their range of types is almost
unbelievable.

Colin Murphy - ROSS Technology, Inc, daver!cypress!murf - (408) 943-2887