On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:21:35 GMT, "Felger Carbon"
wrote:

"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
...

Well, you have to remember that C_D_U, the coefficient of drag due
to
ugliness, is a factor in how well aircraft fly. The A-10 has a
C_D_U
of about 278, which the latest gliders have one of about 14.

Mary, only my great respect for the technical accuracy of your
previous posts prevents me from suspecting that you're considerably
overestimating the attractiveness of the Warthog.

At an SETP Symposium many, many years ago, the A-10 test pilot who
complained that the classically graceful lines of the A-10 were ruined
by a tested gun gas deflector also opined that the A-10 looked like
the result of a menage a trois between a hyper bomber and two cement
trucks.

It's kind of hard to top that.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer