"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:51:24 -0700, "Wayne Paul"
wrote:

I get the same type of a blank stare when I mention A3D.


I made a decent pile of money off Raytheon's A3D's at Van Nuys about
10 years ago. They had 6 that they put various radars, pods and noses
on. We did form-in-place fiberglass fairings.

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa3_8.html

We did one fairing for an F-18 Lantirn pod that stuck out the nose.
That was a *very* strange shape, since the pod normally goes under the
wing/fuselage intersection.

(All of them had EAA stickers on the door frames.)

Richard,

I have seen the picture. "Very" strange shape is an understatement.

My time in A3Ds was spend in the Heavy Attack (bomber) version. I noted
that all the Raytheon A3s were variants in which the bomb bay had been
removed to make room for additional crew members and/or reconnaissance
equipment..

For more then you ever really wanted to know about A-3 history go to
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder