From MSu-jaffee, "Boeing will survive . . . Lockheed would probably not have, and the resulting loss of expertise, knowledge/ability base, plus a second source for competitive bidding... all those things were too precious to the industry's future to lose . . ."
AND Joe would have lost his job. . . . , no matter which plane was "better". Didn't even have to have performance ratings to KNOW which was "better" ! What kind of PSS would the X-32 have turned out to be :-) !!?? Paul Clark, SKY PILOT ONE, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777 1) http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/ SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG AFICIONADO RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]