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Yes.. great airplane Powered by the Wright Cyclone R-3350 and some variations had the P & W dual compound R-4360, 28 cylinder "Corncob" engine. As snipe was saying ED Heinemann was the chief designer of both aircraft and they like many incorporate the Heinemann Tail. Most of the aircraft he designed has the same profile "Loft" to the vertical stabilizer that is obvious in the two aircraft in the beginning of this thread. This was his signature. He also designed a the XB-43 which was Douglas's first jet in 1943 and was test flown here where I work in Long Beach, Ca. In the eighties I saw him numerous times here at McDonnell Douglas before he left the company. His A-4 Sky hawk was a subsonic attack bird that was very capable and could carry heavy loads of ordnance.

He was a great designer!

Bob