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. Another thing ... Why does Hawaii have INTERSTATE highways? I mean, what other states can you drive to from Hawaii? ;-D -- 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.
