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Article #780Re: Unflattering descriptions
From: Jeffrey M. Matthews <jmmatthe>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:59
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:59
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In article <1993Jan7.020155.26211@massey.ac.nz> news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System) writes: >In article <lkmemtINNe38@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix) writes: >>Grumman AgCat. >> >>Once proposed to the Army as a close-support aircraft. It was (is) >>rugged, could carry a good load, and is very maneuverable. >> >>Just try to get any general to sign off on buying a biplane in the >>age of jet aircraft, though... >> >Well, there is a re-engined AgCat that operates from the field I often fly from >that sports a turbine up front. The long pointy nose looks a lot better than the >fat lump that graced the front before surgery. It's a lot quieter too. > >The worlds first (turbo) jet biplane? Fat lump? Damnation, son--we're talking about the best looking and best sounding small engine ever to grace an airframe. Maybe you should move to rec.aviation.dogwhistle. But they do go a long time between adventures, them dogwhistles. J. Matthews
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!nmrdc1!cbda8.apgea.army.mil.!jmmatthe From: jmmatthe@apgea.army.mil (Jeffrey M. Matthews <jmmatthe>) Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics Subject: Re: Unflattering descriptions Message-ID: <1993Jan11.135955.12998@apgea.army.mil> Date: 11 Jan 93 13:59:55 GMT References: <bob1.726333584@cos> <lkmemtINNe38@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <1993Jan7.020155.26211@massey.ac.nz> Organization: CRDEC APG Lines: 23