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echo: aviation
to: BILL WUNSCH
from: JAMES MCKENZIE
date: 1998-02-22 20:47:00
subject: U-2

Hello Bill!
20 Feb 98 10:05, Bill Wunsch wrote to Jay Hanig:
 BW> Greetings, Jay!
 BW>   On 15 Nov 97, Jay Hanig entered the following ASCII codes for the
 BW> express viewing pleasure of Charles Mielke:
 JH>>
 JH>> Why in the hell did they ever retire the SR-71 in favor of the
 JH>> much older U-2? It just doesn't make any sense.
 BW> Operating costs?
Change in type of mission from what I understand. I've heard tell that the 
newest "spacecraft" can get just as much detail plus there is no crew to 
risk. However, one is still flown by NASA on a regular basis.
James
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