Nineteenth in the series of reconstructed drawings from Paul Suhler’s book “From RAINBOW to GUSTO.” This is the Lockheed A-7-2 design as drawn by Ed Baldwin in January 1959. This particular drawing has a Source Grade of four:
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So after not achieving stealthiness, range, and speed with the A-6 series this one seems to step back from a stealth refined shape. I am seeing a lot of F-104 influence in this one. The tail, the ramjets look like the 104 drop tanks, the intakes.