[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I went on a Saab press junket to Sweden in 1981. Saab engineers demonstrated > the Viggens short takeoff distance. It was truly amazing how quickly it got > off the ground. The Swedish air force parked them in camouflaged hangers > alongside highways. They were capable of taking off on a short stretch of > two-lane blacktop. > Paul
> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I've always liked the Saab Viggens and Drakens also. Not as classically >> beautiful as the F104, but pretty strking with the big canards. >> >> Unfortunately all designed as instruments of death... >> >> >> Tom C. Gee, more real world, huh? It's all around us, isn't it... Everywhere you look... REALITY. How sad. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
