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Old July 14th 04, 10:10 PM
Richard Lamb
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pacplyer wrote:

Richard Lamb was right: "He's dead Jim, dead Jim,
dead."

So I guess we would have augered in with a stock 747-200.
As Clint Eastwood used to say: "A man's just gotta-know his
limitations."

pacplyer


Not THAT'S something that doesn't happen every day!


The problem here is that the 747 was designed to LIFT stuff, not
pull it.

How about let's get a fresh napkin and work out what's really needed
for the job?

Richard
 




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