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Old 05-24-2003 | 12:08 AM
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Tall Paul
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Default Yaw stability

The engineering mockup of the North American A3J Vigilante had two verticals. It went into production with the single center fin.
Presumably the two verticals were intended to ease below-deck storage, which the single fin adapted to by folding down.
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It interesting to note that almost all high-speed planes since the A3J of its mockup configuration... large rectangular inlets, lots of wing, twin verticals... F-15, F-14, MiG-25,MiG -31, Sukhois... all follow that lead.