"Chelvam" wrote in message
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"Bromo" wrote in message
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On 6/20/04 10:37 AM, in article , "Steven
Sullivan" wrote:

snip..snip..

It was the observation and dogged pursuit of detail that
revealed the real truth. This is not the same in magnitude, but similar
in
effect.

And the aviation engineer thought that Japanese zero planes were
aerodynamically impossible.


My understanding is that this is a myth created by rumour and misinformation
due to only a trickle of any accurate information about this
'aerodynamically advanced' plane reaching the US at that time. It was
incorrectly assumed that the Japanese were incapable of building such a
plane. I also understand that Jiro Horikoshi who headed the Mitubishi design
team wrote a book about the design and building the Zero.