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to: MARK FOSTER
from: CHRISTOPHER TARANA
date: 1997-07-28 23:19:00
subject: Re: Aircraft Carriers Circa 1950

 -=> Quoting Mark Foster to CHRISTOPHER TARANA <=-
 MF> Hmmm you reckon?... yeah *maybe*.  You'd usually need at least 4 E-2C
 MF> aircraft on board, so Id imagine fitting an extra C-2 might be a
 MF> problem... but by the same token they'll quite often need a cargo
 MF> carry capacity...
        True, but what's the fully loaded range of a C-2 compared to a
E-2?  I know the E-2 has a fairly long loiter time.
 
 MF> Nach! :)  And ferry the bigwigs...
        Last I heard Elvis still had to fly Commercial. Maybe on Flying Echo 
he
can pull rank and take a space available seat on a COD, but not here. :-)
 MF> Yeah.. I have heard of most of them ;) Ummm wasnt the Forrestal still
 MF> used for training or something?
        I believe it replaced the Ranger in that role.
                        Christopher
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