The man who conceived the Pelikan tail later worked for a major aerospace manufacturing corporation known for what air-superiority fighter?
F-15 Eagle
McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.
 Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced a number of well-known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC-10 airliner and F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter.
Pelikan tail
The Pelikan tail is an experimental tail design for fighter jets.
 Originally conceived by Ralph Pelikan, who was hired by McDonnell Aircraft, later worked for McDonnell Douglas and after another merger, retired from Boeing.
 His design has not to date been incorporated into any publicly available jets.
 However, it has been considered or included in design specifications in the original Boeing X-32 fighter design.
Messerschmitt
Messerschmitt AG (] ) was a German aircraft manufacturing corporation (AG) named after its chief designer Willy Messerschmitt and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, in particular the Bf 109 and Me 262.
 The company survived in the post-war era, undergoing a number of mergers and changing its name from Messerschmitt to Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm before being bought by Deutsche Aerospace (DASA, now part of Airbus) in 1989. Goodrich Corporation
The Goodrich Corporation, formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company, was an American aerospace manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich.
 The company name was changed to the "B.F. Goodrich Company" in 1880, to BFGoodrich in the 1980s, and to "Goodrich Corporation" in 2001. Hawker Beechcraft
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) was an American aerospace manufacturing company that built the Beechcraft and Hawker business jet lines of aircraft between 2006 and 2013.
 The company headquarters was in Wichita, Kansas, United States, with maintenance and manufacturing locations worldwide.
 The history of Hawker Beechcraft originated in 1994 when Raytheon merged its Beech Aircraft Corporation and Raytheon Corporate Jets units. Rohr, Inc.
Rohr, Inc., a wholly owned unit of United Technologies Corporation, an aerospace manufacturing company based in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego.
 Rohr, Inc. operates as a subsidiary and largest business unit of UTC Aerospace Systems.
 It was founded in 1940 as Rohr Aircraft. Air superiority fighter
An air superiority fighter, also spelled air-superiority fighter, is a type of fighter aircraft designed for entering and seizing control of enemy airspace as a means of establishing complete dominance over the enemy's air force ("air supremacy").
 Air superiority fighters are designed primarily to effectively engage enemy fighters, more than other types of aircraft, although some may have a secondary role for air-to-ground strikes. Watkins Manufacturing Company
Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, located in Vista, California, is a manufacturer of portable hot tubs.
 The company was founded in 1977 by Jeff and Jon Watkins.
 In 1986, Watkins Manufacturing Corporation became a subsidiary of the Masco Corporation, whose company portfolio includes Delta faucets, Merillat cabinets, and Behr paints. IAI Nammer
The IAI "Nammer" (נמר ""Leopard"", but also in Hebrew meaning ""Tiger"") was a fighter aircraft developed in the Israeli aerospace manufacturing Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
 The programme was pursued as a private venture and the resultant aircraft was intended for the export market. Butterfly tail
A related topic is Pelikan tail.