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To: NormsRevenge

Good grief!

How could they possible omit a fuel-dump capability?


187 posted on 09/21/2005 4:50:54 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Petronski

How could they possible omit a fuel-dump capability?

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Good question.


207 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: Petronski
"How could they possible omit a fuel-dump capability?"

By using surplus Renault Dauphine fuel tanks?

1,450 posted on 09/21/2005 9:23:16 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Petronski
How could they possible omit a fuel-dump capability?

They didnt' "dump fuel" as the media initially said. Common sense would tell anyone, even in the media, that a plane flying for 3 hours in a circle is going to burn off fuel.

1,456 posted on 09/21/2005 9:44:43 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Don't Get Stuck On Stupid!" - Lieutenant General Russell "Ragin' Cajun" Honore)
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