Thread: Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?
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Old January 14th 07, 11:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle
Jim Davis
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Default Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?
Pat Flannery wrote:

My all-time favorite in this regard is still the Discovery Wings
episode on the B-17, where we learn that it's armed with ten _50
mm_ machine guns.

Surely you (or Discovery Wings) meant ten 12.7 mm (0.5") machine
guns?

Jim Davis