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![]() "Nele VII" wrote in message ... MiG-25 has a huge water/alcohol reservoir that posed a quite challenge to airbase commanders; the stuff was very..hm...potable. I think that Belyakov (a head of MiG OKB) got a sort of "petition" from pilot and maintenance gyus' wives about this, to which he answered something like "If it was needed to fly our planes by the use of French Cognac, we would do it!". To illustrate the proportions of this problem, when the plumbing of the filled reservoir didn't produce effects (since the witty personell would drink it after the flight), HQ ordered that MiG-25 pilots have to DUMP all water/alcohol mixture before touchdown! Nele NULLA ROSA SINE SPINA It may be true. One friend of mine was in mid-range missile unit when in army, by his memories one component of fuel was potable at least for part of soldiers, so it was regular fight between high-range officers wishing to keep unit ready to act and soldiers wanting to have fun... |
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