Very interesting web site. I was concerned with the use of "kgf" for measuring thrust rather than kilonewtons. Is this standard practice in metric engineering to use "kgf" in place of "lbf" and newtons? BTW... The Canadian Avro Arrow was being considered as a launch platform for rockets in the late 1950s. Politics killed the development programme of the aircraft. Engineers from the Arrow project eventually went to work for JPL and NASA. greg >>> "James J. Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-02-26 08:32:58 >>> I just found the Air Launch web site: http://www.airlaunch.ru/english/news/news.htm The "two-mile runway" quote was a case of words being put into the Russians' mouths. Near the bottom of this page I found this quote: [According to the company, the Air Launch system "can be deployed in virtually any world area where a 3,000-metre runway is available," to allow the AN-124-AL to take off carrying the two-stage launch vehicle.] Altered quotations like this just fuel the misperception that other countries use WOMBAT units. Jason
