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To: TigerLikesRooster
390 million!? We have radar systems that cost more than that.

I thought you needed 40 knots of wind to launch a plane? I guess they are banking on head winds.

15 posted on 06/29/2005 5:40:02 PM PDT by kerryusama04 (God Bless.)
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To: kerryusama04

Head into a 20 knot wind at 30 knots and you have the equivilent of 50 knots of wind over your deck. That's how they do it.


24 posted on 06/29/2005 5:46:45 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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