Posted on 05/16/2005 7:17:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Never has.
Never will!
It's a "NASA" scam.
Of the:
Never in the history of Man has an ostensibly
American enterprise
Squandered so much of the confiscated wealth of the world's most creative, innovative, productive and industrious on the
Achievement of Absolutely nothing of any worth;
Variety!
#8 -- Brilliant! A keeper!
There are a few about British aeroplanes with Lucas electrics, too -- but having been reduced to near gibbering idiot terror by electrics failing on pre-ILS and/or radar-vectored descents, approaches and landings through heavy turbulence, wind shear, cloud to minimums, hail, rain and snow etceteras on one too many occasions I have lost too many brain cells in the process [But, thus far, no aeroplanes and/or passengers] to immediately remember any.
Except you might replace automobile in any of yours with airplane!
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