French bizjet: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/369131/L/ David R > 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