Richard Riley wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:52:31 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:

:Newps wrote:
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: Bret Ludwig wrote:
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: EVERY naval carrier aircraft except the A-4 Scooter has folding wings.
: They hold up well in naval service,
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: Of course they do. The Navy can throw unlimited resources at an
: airplane for maintenence. Just look at what it takes to keep an F14 in
: the air for an hour.
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: Certainly, the F-14 is an extremely complicated piece of equipment.
:The problem with your example is the Navy doesn't spend a penny on the
:F-14 for folding wing systems since the wings don't fold, they sweep.

And they almost always sweep symmetrically.

But they don't mop or do windows.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired