On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:24 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Arrow was the most advanced aircraft of the day, whether perfect or not > is immaterial. Ike had one short meeting with Dief, and that was enough to > scrap the project. I strongly doubt that it was a touchy feely negotiation > so much as a veiled threat. > My father was a historian with a special interest in the military history of > Canada. Apparently he had some contact with Dief in his later years. He > described the meeting as an iron fist in a velvet glove. > > William Robb The tour guide mentioned that right after every one was laid off at the plant, the US came up and hired all of the engineers away and to the US, that eventually became Nasa. I was kinda in haw when i saw the scale model of the plane. Its way bigger than i thought Dave > > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
