Low Observable,
Nice pic - what can't speak, can't lie. Would like to have tried the thing to see what it was like in the dive. And, with all that power (320 mph top whack), even if it was too clumsy to fight, at least it had the legs to run away !
It seems the Navy had some, do we know what the True Blue thought of them ?
Danny.
EDIT: Lazy devil ! - look it up in Wiki ! Did so, enormous amount of information, seems as it was mostly used in ground attack and shallow bombing, could carry a torpedo, but no mention of dive-bombing anywhere except in the list of types.
Ten hours strapped to the seat. Hard on the bum ! Now from Wiki:
...Most operational losses were due to the tremendous power of the AD. ADs that were "waved-off" during carrier recovery operations were prone to perform a fatal torque roll into the sea or the deck of the aircraft carrier if the pilot mistakenly gave the AD too much throttle. The torque of the engine was so great that it would cause the aircraft to rotate about the propeller and slam into the ground or the carrier...
Same thing in the Griffon Spits at low speed - and it caused the strange hopping side-step effect ("right close march !") if you poured the power on too early on take-off.......D.