Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsl!cbnewsm!cbnews!cbnews!military From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--The A-4 Skyhawk Message-ID: <1990Oct29.030953.8356@cbnews.att.com> Date: 29 Oct 90 03:09:53 GMT References: <1990Oct8.030359.11680@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct22.035428.17147@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct26.020554.26517@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: University of Arizona at Tucson Lines: 9 Approved: military@att.att.com From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man) I think Handley Page/De Havilland held the patent for automatic slats. This was pre-war. Aircraft designers do not have to be inventors to be brilliant. Just call me `Man'. "And why take ye thought for " -- Matt. 6:28 raymond@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu