"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Like manned space flight, another field where America has ceded
leadership to Russia........

Uh-huh: http://tinyurl.com/y8m5gxmu

https://hushkit.net/2016/05/25/the-t...viet-aircraft/

https://www.wired.com/2008/07/galler...aircraft-ever/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...ft-ever-built/

https://gizmodo.com/5893817/the-conc...-stop-crashing
http://tinyurl.com/ya7bmz7s

"The worst passenger airplane in the world is probably the Tupolev Tu-144,
which operated scheduled passenger service from just 1977 to 1978.":
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-wo...e-in-the-world


Bounce, bounce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRr_rlDOIdQ

Better bring earplugs along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWbuKr5-I8
http://www.cnn.com/style/article/tup...ski/index.html

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