On 31 Mar 2004 19:51:21 -0800, (Evan Brennan)
wrote:

Peter Kemp wrote in message . ..
Spin Doctor Guy Alcala has again left out a number of inconvenient
facts -- thirty-three inconvenient facts, in this case. Between May
1st and June 13th, 1982, Argentine C-130 Hercules transports operated
33 flights into the airfield at Port Stanley, carrying 434 tons of
cargo and 514 personnel. They also managed to evacuate 264 wounded.
Evidently, the crater was not quite the detriment you and the RAF
would like us to believe.

Don't talk tosh - Guy specifically stated that the runway was still
useable....


But no mention of the 33 Argentine C-130 missions into Stanley or the
amount of supplies and personnel they carried.

"The Argentinians had temporarily back-filled the five large craters,
enabling them to continue to fly in C-130 Hercules transports right up
to the end"

Seems to mention multiple Hercules flights to me, but not the number
33 or the amount of cargo carried in and out. IF those figures are
*so* important to you, I'd suggest you were the one being petty.

There was a remark
about one flight concerning a plane that almost crashed. This means
you are spin doctoring.

S******.....
---
Peter Kemp

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