On 05 Nov 2003 07:58:30 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

Alan Minyard wrote:

Yes, it was the Tupolev TU-4 "Bull". Naturally the Soviets claimed that it
was an original Soviet design.

It was amazing, right down to the fillaments in the radio tubes and every screw
and thread!

-- Charlie Springer

It certainly was a great exercise in reverse engineering. I think that some of
it was due to fear. If the TU-4s started auguring in they could blame the
"stupid Americanski design", but in order to do that, it had to be an
exact copy.

Al Minyard