"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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BTW the USN had some ugly birds ( F12C, F13C ......

The F11C-2 is still one of the best-looking navy fighters.

but the Brits and French beat them all hollow for uglies.

The Fairey Gannet, for example.

vince norris

Positively pretty compared with the Fairey Barracuda
or Blackburn Blackburn not forgetting the Boulton
Paul Overstrand.

Keith