I didn't realize you were such and expert on Naval aviaiton. When did
you get your wings?



On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:12:53 -0400, Andrew C. Toppan
wrote:



Oh, please. You're talking about something that happened nearly 60
years ago. The rest of us are talking about *today*, or at least the
recent past.

In the 1940's we didn't even have decent hurricane prediction, so we
had fleets sailing into storms, destroyer sunk in hurricanes, aircraft
carriers decks crushed. Aircraft were slower, of shorter range,
aerial refuelling didn't exist, so evacuations would be slower or
impossible considering lack of advance notice.

Why don't you join the rest of us in the 21st (or even late 20th)
century?

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