On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:28:36 +1000, Richard Stewart
wrote:

Ron wrote:

eg. I know the YF17 lost out to the F18...


Nope, to the YF-16.

The YF-17 design was scaled up somewhat for the F/A-18.

Yeah?
Every time I look up this stuff I always get the YF17 vs YF18 pictures...
and they're pretty similar looking jets too...

Cheers,
Richard


There's a reason for that. They're before/after photos. That's why
they are so similar. Any article on the YF-17 will tell you so.