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 | Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail From: Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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 In article <op6dff0onu@drn.newsguy.com>, Miloch says...
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 >In article <7NidnR5yEJSuLSvEnZ2dnUU7-L_NnZ2d@supernews.com>, Byker says...
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 >>"Miloch"  wrote in message news:op66pb0d5i@drn.newsguy.com...
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 >>> with a useful load of 3,765 lb (1,705 kg)
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 >>Shouldn't that be 37,650 lbs.?
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 >15 1/2 tons?  Doubt it.
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 For Byker:
 
 I think the key description is from the BOAC captain
 
 "The Tudor was built like a battleship. It was noisy, I had no confidence in its
 engines and its systems were hopeless. The Americans were fifty years ahead of
 us in systems engineering."
 
 
 
 
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