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To: ET(end tyranny)
"Thought for sure he was going to get sucked into one of those large wind tunnels!"

A little-known bit of aviation history is that McDonnell-Douglas used Waxman's nostrils as the basis for the design of the air intakes on the F-4 Phantom.
7 posted on 05/10/2003 9:18:06 AM PDT by Ben Hecks
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To: Ben Hecks
A little-known bit of aviation history is that McDonnell-Douglas used Waxman's nostrils as the basis for the design of the air intakes on the F-4 Phantom.

I think the Harrier Jet vertical launch capability was also developed using Waxman's nostrils.
8 posted on 05/10/2003 9:31:49 AM PDT by microgood (They will all die......most of them.)
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