Interesting story - reminds me that, when I worked for Hawker Aircraft in
the '60's, they used to tell the tale of how they modified the design of the
Hurricane (I think it was) to use flush rivets instead of proud ones, and
they got an increase of 15% in speed!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Cotty wrote:
On 12/3/06, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed:
Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True?
Hmmmmm.....
<http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/typhoon.html>
It's a pretty close thing ;-)
Looks nice, but how could they have named it "Typhoon"???
Here's a *real* Typhoon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon
;-)
