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Article #3546Re: KSC trivia -> Skid strip?
From: Stuart Warmink
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:53
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:53
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In article <1991Jun9.204942.6293@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop) writes: > I dimly remember reading a story about this. As I recall, the people > at the Cape wanted a runway, but were denied funding. Someone suggested > that they should instead ask for a "skid strip" for landing missiles. > I seem to remember that they were Bomarcs, [...] Wasn't there such a thing as a "Snark" too? Big, pre-ICBM intercontinental unmanned "bomber" - I think they were to land on the skid strip. Many problems, leading to the quip "Snark infested waters". -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stuart Warmink, Whippany, NJ, USA | sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM | Hi! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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