On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 02:44:05 -0400, "John Keeney"
wrote:


"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
.. .

Not mine. Tarver's. What *I* said was that the Lockheed design
chosen to be built into a prototype wouldn't fly. This is the design
that Lockheed submitted that the airforce chose to move forward to the
prototype stage.

http://www.xmission.com/~sferrin/lockheed.jpg


Doesn't look much like a YF-22 does it? Unfortunately the small
picture doesn't really do it justice.

Does to me: wing change and a bit different treatment of the
fuselage in front of the wing.

More like entirely NEW wing, tail and fuselage. The only thing
remotely the same is the nozzle area between the tails and the number
of fins on the aircraft



A whole lot more than the Vigilante-Foxbat-Eagle claims
we get around here.

There is actually some merit to the Vigilante/Foxbat similarities as
Mikoyan himself was quoted as wanting to use the Vigilante as a
starting point.





That or the F-16 and cranked arrow version.



You lost me there.