thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
FJW> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
FJW>
FJW>
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FJW> >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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The DC 3 was the Spotmatic of airplanes!
-frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well, better than an outside toilet :-)
Now come on, every one likes flying - it's c
s true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:15:29 -0400
Provincetown-Boston Airways still flies them.
Bill
- Original Message
Cotty wrote:
> >How about this?:
> >
> >http://www.douglasdc3.com/
> >
> >Nice photos too.
>
> For God's sake Malcolm, don't give the aviators an inch!
> There'll be hairy-knuckled talk of trim levers and leather
> flying goggles in no time, those seat-of-your pants flights
> and scraping Fina
-Original Message-
From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:25 PM
>
> Our space program started off as a pissing contest with the USSR
> and the shuttle is twenty years old. How many of us drive a car anywhere
> near that old.
I drive a 1986 Mustang GT r
ssage - From: "graywolf"
Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne
BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has
DC-3's in
regular passenger service.
There was one that flew in and out of our airport fairly regularly
until just a few years ago. It wasn't a pass
No one in a large organization ever lost their job for failing in a bold
initiative, if they didn't try one. The shuttle is a known quantity,
necessary for operations and should be replaced, but new technology
brings new risks, especially the risk of failure.
Buffalo Airways http://www.buffalo
-
From: "graywolf"
Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne
BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has
DC-3's in
regular passenger service.
There was one that flew in and out of our airport fairly regularly
until just a few years ago. It wasn'
Sorry. Meant Burt.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/21/04 08:29PM >>>
>
> I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100
km)
> and back again, making it the first private vehicle to do so. Quite
an
> achievement. Another feather in the cap of Dick Rutan.
Would he be any relation t
At 03:02 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
A car is a bad analogy. The shuttle fleet is more like a fleet of
airplanes. The Air force is expecting to fly B52s until they are about
100 years old.
There are airlines still flying DC-3's profitably. The age of the
airframe isn't the problem. It's the use
At 02:30 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
Neither do any of our cars cost in excess of $20,000,000.
Yes, let's DO be realistic...
Being realistic means that you acknowledge that there has been a
technological advance or two since the shuttle was designed. I realize that
there has been some retrofitting
- Original Message -
From: "graywolf"
Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne
>
> BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has
DC-3's in
> regular passenger service.
There was one that flew in and out of our airport fairly regularly
until just a fe
Basler 67s, (up dated DC-3), are apparently being used lots of places.
I guess it depends on your definition of what an Airline is...
http://www.baslerturbo.com/bt_67_worldwide.html
graywolf wrote:
Well any mechanical thing can last pretty much forever, if you do not
mind the expense of maintai
- Original Message -
From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has DC-3's
in
> regular passenger service.
They are still popular with charter airlines and some "Island-hopping"
operations. I don't think any "major" airlines
Burt designs the things. Dick and Gina Yeager flew "Voyager" around the
world non-stop without refueling
Christian Skofteland
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- Original Message -
From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June
Well any mechanical thing can last pretty much forever, if you do not mind the
expense of maintaining it. Some of those far better than new classic cars you
see where rusting hulks before restoration. Never mind that a car that cost
$1800 new took $50,000-100,000 to make like that.
A DC-3 cost
Brother...
John Francis wrote:
I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100 km)
and back again, making it the first private vehicle to do so. Quite an
achievement. Another feather in the cap of Dick Rutan.
Would he be any relation to Burt Rutan?:-)
>
> I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100 km)
> and back again, making it the first private vehicle to do so. Quite an
> achievement. Another feather in the cap of Dick Rutan.
Would he be any relation to Burt Rutan?:-)
>
> Our space program started off as a pissing contest with the USSR
> and the shuttle is twenty years old. How many of us drive a car anywhere
> near that old.
I drive a 1986 Mustang GT ragtop as my daily driver.
Paul Stenquist drives a 1955 car (although not as primary transport).
Shel dri
Sheesh,
They're still flying DC 3's. Some of those must be over 60 and approaching
70 years old. Properly maintained, an airframe should last indefinitely.
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
F
On 21/6/04, SDJ, discombobulated, offered:
>I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100 km)
>and back again, making it the first private vehicle to do so. Quite an
>achievement. Another feather in the cap of Dick Rutan.
FANTASTIC. Saw it on the telly.
Cheers,
Cotty
Keith Whaley wrote:
Gary Sibio wrote:
At 01:41 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
That is great news! Now maybe space exploration and exploitation
will replace government publicity programs. Nah! They will just
regulate it to death.
While I believe that some government regulation will be necessary to
A car is a bad analogy. The shuttle fleet is more like a fleet of
airplanes. The Air force is expecting to fly B52s until they are about
100 years old.
There are airlines still flying DC-3's profitably. The age of the
airframe isn't the problem. It's the use to which it has been put.
NASA'
Gary Sibio wrote:
At 01:41 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
That is great news! Now maybe space exploration and exploitation will
replace government publicity programs. Nah! They will just regulate it
to death.
While I believe that some government regulation will be necessary to
ensure public safety,
At 01:41 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
That is great news! Now maybe space exploration and exploitation will
replace government publicity programs. Nah! They will just regulate it to
death.
While I believe that some government regulation will be necessary to ensure
public safety, I'm all for shuttin
That is great news! Now maybe space exploration and exploitation will replace
government publicity programs. Nah! They will just regulate it to death.
--
Steve Desjardins wrote:
I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100 km)
and back again, making it the first private veh
I just heard that SpaceShipOne successfully made it into space (100 km)
and back again, making it the first private vehicle to do so. Quite an
achievement. Another feather in the cap of Dick Rutan.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
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