On 5/19/04 8:55 AM, in article ,
"José Herculano" wrote:

Risky technology. Reaching too far with too many conflicting
requirements.
Anybody else reminded of the A-12?

If it is only the STOVL variant that is compromised by the conflicting
requirements, then no great loss there ;-) What I fear is that the CTOL and
plain-vanilla may be suffering as well... we'll see...

All three versions are equally overweight. The STOVL is just more effected
by it due to takeoff and landing performance requirements.

--Woody

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José Herculano