I see where you are coming from but if you think about it, given the rarity of cruciform tails, they are certainly less conventional than T tails rather than more conventional. What plane is a Corvette? This is a new one on me. Grant SYD QF At 09:14 PM 17/07/03 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/17/2003 3:31:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > ><< Incorrect, I'm afraid. The Caravelle had its horizontal stabilisers mounted > half way up the tail in what I believe is called a cruciform design. A > very unusual design. I think one of the Gulfstream jets had a similar > arrangement but I could be wrong on that. > > As an aside, de Havilland gave an immense amount of design data and > assistance to Sud Aviation when they were building the Caravelle, so much > so that the nose cone is virtually identical to that of the Comet 1 and the > flight deck is very similar. >> > >I said more conventional, not conventional. It was lower down on the tail. >I think the Corvette might have had the same type, not sure. Sure was not a T >though