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I changed references from "Skynight" to "Skyknight" to correctly reflect the aircraft's official name according to:

The company that built it
U.S. Navy
Air Force Historical Studies Office
Respected author and researcher who's written numerous aircraft-related books, including one titled "Douglas F3D Skyknight (Naval Fighters Series No 4)"
Prominent security information firm
Google: 18,400 hits for "F3D Skyknight" versus 607 hits for "F3D Skynight", or 30 times more references to "Skyknight" than "Skynight"

--Avijja 04:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A-9?

This article states: "The general engine and wing configuration would also re-appear on the Northrop YA-9 contender for the A-X "Attack Experimental" program." This appears to be an odd reference as the latter was a single-seat, land-based, radar-less CAS prototype that never made it into production. Even odder is that no reference is made to the A-6, a two-seater (side-by-side to boot), carrier-based, all-weather aircraft that was highly successful and very nearly looks much more like the big brother of the Skyknight (heck, even operated by both the Navy and Marines). Obviously, none of these three aircraft had much in common as they were all built by completely different contractors, but if you're going to try to build some sort of legacy, the Intruder is a much more obvious candidate. Jmdeur (talk) 21:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 * Google: 18,400 hits for "F3D Skyknight" versus 607 hits for "F3D Skynight", or 30 times more references to "Skyknight" than "Skynight"
 --[[User:Avijja|Avijja]] 04:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
+== A-9? ==
+This article states: "The general engine and wing configuration would also re-appear on the Northrop YA-9 contender for the A-X "Attack Experimental" program." This appears to be an odd reference as the latter was a single-seat, land-based, radar-less CAS prototype that never made it into production. Even odder is that no reference is made to the A-6, a two-seater (side-by-side to boot), carrier-based, all-weather aircraft that was highly successful and very nearly looks much more like the big brother of the Skyknight (heck, even operated by both the Navy and Marines). Obviously, none of these three aircraft had much in common as they were all built by completely different contractors, but if you're going to try to build some sort of legacy, the Intruder is a much more obvious candidate. [[User:Jmdeur|Jmdeur]] ([[User talk:Jmdeur|talk]]) 21:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)