On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:25:12PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: pnstenquist > > > I went on a Saab press junket to Sweden in 1981. Saab engineers > > demonstrated the Viggens short takeoff distance. It was truly amazing > > how quickly it got off the ground. The Swedish air force parked them > > in camouflaged hangers alongside highways. They were capable of > > taking off on a short stretch of two-lane blacktop. > > > And supposedly the original law establishing the US Interstate Highways > required one mile out of every five to be straight and level so it could > become an ad hoc runway for the USAF in the event of nuclear war.
Urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp > Why does Hawaii have INTERSTATE highways? I mean, what other states can > you drive to from Hawaii? ;-D Because that way the feds pay for them, not the locals. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
