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235 F-117 Stealth Fighter Designer Alan Brown + GA News

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Allan's Oral History

The estimated cost savings of building 400 jets of a single design versus building 200 jets of two different designs, was only about ten per cent. But that cost savings were totally swamped out by having a much more heavier, and hence more expensive aircraft. There's an excellent oral history available on line from a conversation that peter westwick had with allan in his home in 20 10. Here are some excerpts from the oral history allan told me about some of these things, and others were totally new to me as i read the trans.

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