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"Richard Riley" <Richard@mylastname.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:51:24 -0700, "Wayne Paul" <wayne@soaridaho.com>
> wrote:
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>>I get the same type of a blank stare when I mention A3D.
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> I made a decent pile of money off Raytheon's A3D's at Van Nuys about
> 10 years ago. They had 6 that they put various radars, pods and noses
> on. We did form-in-place fiberglass fairings.
>
> http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa3_8.html
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> We did one fairing for an F-18 Lantirn pod that stuck out the nose.
> That was a *very* strange shape, since the pod normally goes under the
> wing/fuselage intersection.
>
> (All of them had EAA stickers on the door frames.)
Richard,
I've seen the picture. "Very" strange shape is an understatement.
My time in A3Ds was spend in the Heavy Attack (bomber) version. I noted
that all the Raytheon A3s were variants in which the bomb bay had been
removed to make room for additional crew members and/or reconnaissance
equipment..
For more then you ever really wanted to know about A-3 history go to
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/
Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder
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