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. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com