On 10/28/03 6:27 AM, in article
, "Kurt {:{"
wrote:

Hi,
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I was to an air show awhile back. I was inspecting a Navy A6 Intruder. I
caught the exhaust end of the tail pipe and noticed a circumference of
mesh "feathers" on the inner ID, that honestly looked like dragonfly
wings, gossamer in texture. I wonder what the function of this is, what
the material is, and how is it produced? A stamping process is a guess.
Material---titanium?
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Thanks.
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Kurt
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A couple of things he

1. There are no more A-6's flying. Haven't been since 1997. So you were
either looking at an Intruder on a stick or an EA-6B Prowler which--despite
its appearance--is definitely a different animal.

2. The mesh "feathers" you mention aren't familiar to me. (Of course, it's
been a while since I pre-flighted the drumstick.) Where is this "inner ID"
you're talking about? Is that the inlet duct? If so, my guess is that you
were looking at a gutted airplane on a stick and that the mesh material you
saw was an after-market add-on meant to keep birds out. It's not standard
equipment on a flying Intruder.

--Woody