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To: investigateworld
I always thought the aircraft industry missed the bet by not going with cast iron

LOL... Before my time, but the Grumman Aircraft Company in WWII built such rugged and reliable aircraft that they were referred to as the Grumman Iron Works.

47 posted on 07/16/2006 9:25:28 PM PDT by RJL
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To: RJL

That's right. I heard one of their retired employees refer to them as "Charlie Grumman's Iron Works".


56 posted on 07/16/2006 10:26:24 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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