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Old April 10th 05, 08:17 PM
Dale
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In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:


This sounds like science fiction (or, at least, it did to me) -- so
imagine my surprise when I found that this very system was used in the
SR-71 Blackbird -- a plane that was designed and built over 40 years
ago.

Who'd a thunk it?


From looking at this picture I wouldn't have:

http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/bl...17976/cockpit/

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Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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