baldwin@cad.usna.mil (J.D. Baldwin) (10/26/89)
From: "J.D. Baldwin" <baldwin@cad.usna.mil>
The message has expired here, but someone "corrected" my statement that A-6's
do not have the "radiation" trefoil on their nose radome and that only EA-6B's
do. Well, I'm the last guy to pick a nit, but no one else has spoken, so...
I *know* that the A-6 does not have such a marking. I know this from my own
long and glorious carrier aviation experience. But JUST to make sure I wasn't
going crazy, I checked with two A-6 pilots and an EA-6B ECMO. None of them
have ever seen a) an A-6 *with* the trefoil, or b) an EA-6B *without* one.
Seems it's not even a warning symbol, really--it's just there so that carrier
deck handlers can tell them apart easily from the front aspect.
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_, J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept |+| say, I am quite prepared not only to
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~gwh%tornado.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (10/27/89)
From: gwh%tornado.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) In article <10623@cbnews.ATT.COM> baldwin@cad.usna.mil (J.D. Baldwin) writes: >The message has expired here, but someone "corrected" my statement that A-6's >do not have the "radiation" trefoil on their nose radome and that only EA-6B's >do. Well, I'm the last guy to pick a nit, but no one else has spoken, so... > >I *know* that the A-6 does not have such a marking. I know this from my own >long and glorious carrier aviation experience. But JUST to make sure I wasn't >going crazy, I checked with two A-6 pilots and an EA-6B ECMO. None of them >have ever seen a) an A-6 *with* the trefoil, or b) an EA-6B *without* one. >Seems it's not even a warning symbol, really--it's just there so that carrier >deck handlers can tell them apart easily from the front aspect. I have seen and may have pictures (from Moffit Field NAS July 4 airshows from last several yrs.) of A-6's with the entire radome as a big trefoil in two shades of (tan? yellow? whatever it was.) Perhaps it's an operational difference between East and West coast squadrons... or just a peculiarity to that squadron. **************************************** George William Herbert UCB Naval Architecture Dpt. (my god, even on schedule!) maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu ----------------------------------------