Wow.
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From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Osmon
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:57 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT military secret things
On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 06:50:01PM -0600, Chuck McCown wrote:
> I asked my son about the bolts in the test stand. This is what he said:
>
> Yep nuts and bolts. A phenolic resin wood composite. Some newer ones are
fiberglass.
Around here, we call it Trestle. A friend was in charge of that
installation in the 1980s when he was in the Air Force. Lot's of
interesting stories. He had a crew that would repel down and re-torque
wooden bolts daily.
You can see pictures of planes on it at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS-I
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