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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Carried More Bombs Than B-17 Bomber
U.S. Navy experts had been highly skeptical of the claim of Ed Heinemann, chief engineer of what was then called the Douglas El Segundo, that he could build a jet attack bomber weighing half the ...
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The U.S. Navy’s A4 Skyhawk Was the Stuff of Legend
Ed Heinemann, the lead designer for the A-4 Skyhawk, encapsulated the Skyhawk’s ethos with Leonardo Da Vinci’s phrase, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Indeed, the Skyhawk was ...