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Old October 19th 07, 05:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Let's get THIS at Oshkosh '08!

In article .com,
Kingfish wrote:

On Oct 18, 9:07 am, Jay Honeck wrote:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...288877,00.html


Maybe there *is* hope that we'll one day see a B-36 fly again...
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I've had the same thought, but it'd take somebody with Bill Gates'
deep pockets to get a Peacemaker back in the air.

Uh... What's the fuel burn rate of six 4360's & 4 J47s at T/O power?
Dudley?


I doubt that it will happen. There is too much magnesium (how many ways
can you spell "corrosion"?). The stuff hates itself and will return to
salt in time.