Just finished re-reading Bill Gunston's chapter on the MD A-12 Avenger in "Jet Bombers"
talk about deja-vue!! It was going to replace the A-6 and various other strike aircraft on a "Better than one-to-one basis"
of course it ran wayyyyyyy over budget and was going to be well under spec so they cancelled it - and TBH it didn't affect matters very much
Last edited by Heathrow Harry; 7th Feb 2013 at 13:48.