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To: YogicCowboy

Because jack of all trades never works... Except for the P-51, Spitfire, F-4, F-16... And heck, lots of other fighter/attack planes.


9 posted on 08/26/2016 2:03:01 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

None of those were designed as jack-of-alltrades. The Lee Begin (of Northrop) philosophy was: design uncompromisingly for air superiority, and you will be surprised what else the lean mean machine can do. Add the bits beforehand and the result is master of none.


14 posted on 08/26/2016 6:50:23 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (I shot a woman in Punta Gorda, just to watch her die)
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