Talk:A-7 Corsair II

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Contents 1 Reformat 2 Pivoting Wings 3 Ridiculous Question 4 Not vandalism

[edit] Reformat

This article has been updated to conform to the WikiProject Aircraft manual of style: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft/page_content - Emt147 ^Burninate! 04:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pivoting Wings

Did this aircraft have pivoting wings that rose for takeoff and landing? 12.74.74.83 21:03, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

No, you are thinking of its predecessor, the F-8 Crusader. - Emt147 ^Burninate! 21:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ridiculous Question

Was it really 'short little ugly FELLER' like it always says in the books - or was it something else beginning with F? I've wondered for years. Notreallydavid 17:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

My conversations with Air Force veterans of A-7D operations "back in the day" taught me that "feller" is .... um... euphemized. "F" in "SLUF" did, indeed, stand for the American military universal indeterminate noun of copulatory provenance. Compare the first item B-52 Stratofortress#Trivia to see the Strategic Air Command contemporary to this usage.--Gnoitall 18:49, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not vandalism

That wasn't vandalism. J. Russell Clark(sorry don't have his first name) was at the head of the team of engineers who designed the A-7. I read this in a book: Les bombardiers Américains by Patrick Facon (Editions Atlas 1992). I don't suppose it's very imporant though. Just didn't want people to think i was vandalizing.Raoulduke47 17:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry! I wasn't totally certain it was vandalism, which is why I added "apparent". You'd be surprised how many users we get who think it's funny to put their own or their friends' names in that slot. I did check your talk page first, but I didn't see any aviation-related itmes, so I thought it might be someone using your comp who decided to have some "fun". I later checked your contributions list, and saw that you have been editing aircraft articles. We aren't using the "Designer" field much anymore; see Template talk:Infobox Aircraft#Designer for a detailed explanation on why. Happy editing, and sorry again for the mistake. - BillCJ 17:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)