-> -=> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

-> -> But back to the B-52. Did you know that th origional B-52 prototype was
-> -> powered by Turbo Prop Engines. And that the Russian
"Bear" bomber, Their
-> -> nuclear strike plane for many years, was a Rip Off copy?

-> WC> Concordski, broke up over the Paris Air Show.

-> I'm not usually into conspiracy but it is suggested the British allowed
-> the Russians to steal the design in the latter stages because the 
-> project had already been compromised. The story goes that the Brits
-> fed the Russians some false data on the fuel delivery system. Because
-> the the Russians were rushed they didn't have time to fully test the 
-> plane before the air show. After making some punishing maneuvers the
-> fuel system failed to kick in and the plane lost power at a time when 
-> it needed maximum power. I can't believe any intelligence agency can get 
-> things that right, but it was not thought of as unusual by my friends
-> that the Brits would systematically destroy the Concordski.

Not an aircraft I'd want to stall at low altitude :-(

I know the Israelis sold Jets with explosives hidden in the navigation
and fire control system to a potential enemy state.

Had they gone hostile the Israeli pilot hits a button and the 
opponent is defenseless
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