To: FormerACLUmember
It looks like a rip-off of the B-29.
19 posted on
08/09/2007 11:03:31 AM PDT by
Rb ver. 2.0
(eHarmony reject)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
same mission, cheaper + more primitive plane.
20 posted on
08/09/2007 11:10:30 AM PDT by
FormerACLUmember
(The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Actually, that is where it started; the Soviets reverse engineered some interned B-29s. Look up the TU-4. The Bear however is a record-setting design that belongs wholly to the Tupolev bureau.
22 posted on
08/09/2007 11:44:21 AM PDT by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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