Keith, at 23:57 on May 25 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Have you seen the new experimental 777 in the news recently?  
BG> That's one BIG motherfucker of an aeroplane!  More like a flying 
BG> auditorium IMO.

KR> yearh, i think that beoing were looking to airbus to help develop it,
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Is that the sound they make when they hit the ground then?  |-)

KR> no worse than that, a meteor! 

BG> Jesus, they were one of the very first jet-powered aircraft too.  
BG> Or maybe I'm thinking of the old English-Electric (which was a 
BG> funny name for a plane).

KR> yep, they used them to shoot down v1s, i think that a couple of 
KR> extra lucky souls actually bagged mig-15s with them in korea. the 

Still using them in Korea, were they?  I thought they mainly used Sabres
and F50 (?) Starfighters (the ones that keep crashing in Germany even now).

KR> poms used them as night fighters up to the early 60s. this 
KR> particular example was the station hack, used as a high speed taxi 
KR> or delivery van. the english electric plane was probably the 
KR> canberra light bomber, one of the truely greats for it's day. last 

Yeah, lots of those things live on big sticks in parks near Amberley.  They
make realy good kids' playground toys too.

KR> year, in the uk, i went to duxford aircraft museum (a must for 
KR> anybody with any interest in aviation), and there was a privately 
KR> owned canberra practicing for an airshow. it must be nice to have 
KR> real serious money (:

True, their running and maintenance costs must be horrific.  Didn't they
use RR jet engines in those?

KR> exactly, if i die, i'd rather it was my fuckup than someone else's

BG> I guess that makes both of us as just loony as each other then. :)

KR> i dont mind being thought mad, its only stupid that is an insult (:

Dunno, I must ask RTL his opinion on that.  |-)

KR> ... All I want is a warm bed, a kind word, and a 500Mhz CPU.

Would you settle for a doghouse, my ex-wife, and an 8MHz XT ??

Regards, Bill
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