Don Johnstone
June 4th 06, 10:55 AM
At 23:54 03 June 2006, Trevor Fenn wrote:
>'OB' wrote in
:
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>> I kinda wonder about that - it seems the SR-71 wasn't
>>improved by CAD
>> otherwise they would've done 'something better'.
>>Sometimes the
>> original is often the best...
>>
>>
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>How do you know there isn't something better? :)
There is something better for PR but it goes out of
service next month. Designed in the 1940s and still
in service a photo reconisance platform that has no
equal. Sometimes what you have is better than what
you might get.
As I recall Boeing tried to design an SST, one major
problem, no Brits on the design team.
>
>'OB' wrote in
:
>
>> I kinda wonder about that - it seems the SR-71 wasn't
>>improved by CAD
>> otherwise they would've done 'something better'.
>>Sometimes the
>> original is often the best...
>>
>>
>
>How do you know there isn't something better? :)
There is something better for PR but it goes out of
service next month. Designed in the 1940s and still
in service a photo reconisance platform that has no
equal. Sometimes what you have is better than what
you might get.
As I recall Boeing tried to design an SST, one major
problem, no Brits on the design team.
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