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To: pabianice

What's wrong with buying new P-3s? A turboprop is a better plane for the mission anyway.


4 posted on 01/28/2005 8:30:33 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Your right, however the Marrietta, Ga. plant was shut down years ago. They don't make them anymore.


13 posted on 01/28/2005 9:22:31 AM PST by hiramknight
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To: Paleo Conservative

Tooling has been destroyed and would cost a great deal to recreate. Same reason no more C5's.


28 posted on 01/28/2005 10:17:10 AM PST by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: Paleo Conservative
A turboprop is a better plane for the mission anyway.

Transit speed

72 posted on 02/02/2005 11:36:48 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Evolution is to ID/Creation as the Free-market is to Socialism.)
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