On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:57:03 -0800, "D. Patterson"
wrote:

What does the cross-posting of this DeHavilland Comet discussion to
rec.aviation.military under the subject "Why We lost the Vietnam War"
mean????????

It means you should have swapped your Thud for a Comet and then the
North Vietnamese politburo would have been on their knees begging for
mercy within days. If they'd tried to hold out, you could have
threatened them with Dan Air Charter flight economy-class seats and
their final ounce of defiance would have evaporated.

Is that anything like the bucket seats of the C-47?

Dude, never mind the flyboys, the men with the real asses of steel
drove FFR Land Rovers. The short wheel-base versions.

Oh yeah, baby.

Gavin Bailey