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WRIGHT AND F-111
Congressman Jim Wright has again risen to the defense of the F-111. In a two-column letter that appeared on the 6d itorial page of the Washington Post the unit cost of the airplane compares favorably with the cost of older aircraft of considerably less capability. Wright also struck out at Arkansas "enator John McClellan. The Congressman said that in recent hearings McClellan was still fighting former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara instead of conducting an objective study of the controversial airplane. In his letter, Wright also pointed to the safety record of the F-111 -- the best of any aircraft in the Century series that includes the F-1O0, F-102,