"Rich Ahrens" wrote in message
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Limey Dave wrote:

"JL Grasso" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"

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"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would
be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

As per . . .

Extremely UNusual on the other hand........for him to acknowledge it.

Yeah, but notice he blamed it on someone else and tried to impress with
his alleged inside contacts. Par for the course for Splappy.

I have been around enough B-52s to recognize the tall tail, so I can't blame
my mistake on someone else.