Chuck's sparse narratives are an object lesson in how to write clearly and
vividly with a minimum of wordy fuss.  Chuck - did you ever consider
teaching creative writing?

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Chuck Landenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Last fall, I went to Germany with the MBCA Factory tour.  Also made a
> stop at the Technik Musium at Sinsheim, not to far from Stuttgart.
>
> They have a Concorde and a Tu-144 on display on stilts - Full size -
> Spiral staircases allow one to go to the interior of each plane.
> Three TU-144's were built, and two crashed.  They grounded this one.
>
> The Tu-144 was dismantled in Russia and transported by barges.  Quite
> a feat.   Many many cars and military equipment on display.
>
> Here is the link to the Sinsheim Musuem.  Unfortunately, it's in
> German.  But the pix are quite interesting.  The English version is
> still under construction.
>
>  http://www.technik-museum.de/museum_sinsheim_deutsch.html
>
> Take care,
>
> Chuck
> Phoenix
>
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ditto for the SST, by the way.  Turns out it was physically
> > impossible to build one that would do the job and make money, even at
> > ten cents a gallon for fuel (what a joke that is today!).  The
> > Concorde never made a dime -- and the Russians parked the superior TU
> > 144 pretty fast due to horrendous fuel consumption.
> >
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