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PE1OUD > AERO 25.12.04 23:49l 32 Lines 946 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: NASA B52 retired after 50yrs
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From: PE1OUD@PI8WFL.#NH1.NLD.EU
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G0TEZ wrote:-
>
> Since they did a programme about it on TV. I have been left wondering
> why,when they had an aeroplane that went 150mph faster than a Spitfire
> and had 100 miles more range as far back as 1942 when a few squadrons
> wqent kicking 7 bells out of Spitfires and B17s, they didn't
> go"Oh. that IS good aeroplane, lets make a thousand more."
THEY DID.
Only then some stupid house-painter, whose name I do not care to
repeat, decided the plane should be used as a bomber.
Logically it failed this role, and was then swept from the scene
by said painter.
So there!
73 - Gerard, PE1OUD @ PI8WFL
E-mail : pe1oud@amsat.org
"Jesus is the reason for the season!"
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Written by Roger Barker, Silent Key, 9th September 2004.
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