In article .net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
.. .

Lockheed suggested a naval version of the P-38, arrestor hook and all,
but it never got past the paper stage.

Never heard of such a thing. Have you got a reference for that?

I've read about it in several books over the years, but here's a Web
site that mentions it:

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p38_19.html

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