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Old October 22nd 03, 05:30 AM
Peter Stickney
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In article ,
Alan Minyard writes:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:09:45 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:



Much as modern bombers are all based off of innovations first found in
genius Soviet bomber Tu-4...


Bull!

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It is a joke, Dan. The Tu-4 was the Soviet B-29 copy.


I said that he was too subtle... Bull was the Air Standards
Coordinating Comittee codename for the Tu-4. (Cart was teh Tu-70
transport version)


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