drop and give us twenty...
; ^)

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Brian Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I stand corrected about the cause of the missile launch which started
> the Forrestal fire. All the investigations into the incident report
> that it was an electrical surge which occurred when the F-4's power
> was switched from external to internal systems. They also report that
> no ship's personnel were responsible for what happened.
>
> There was another deck fire 18 months later on the USS Enterprise in
> which a Zuni rocket was cooked off by the exhaust from a starter cart.
> Because of the lessons learned from the Forrestal incident the
> Enterprise's fire was much less severe.
>
> I apologize for the error,
> --
> Brian
>
>
> >
>

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