"John Miller" wrote in message
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Mike Kanze wrote:
The "straight" (non-KA-6D) A-6 had enough space in the Etensible
Equipment Platform (the "birdcage") for the crew's hanging bags of
civvies and shaving kits. The T-2 had enough cube in the nose cone for
3 - 4 cases of Coors Beer, very popular in the Meridian, MS of the late
1960s when you couldn't buy it outside of Colorado.
...and when you bought a case, you'd get change back from a $5.00 bill.
Those *were* the days.
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John Miller
Even in the early 60s Coors was distributed in sixteen Western States.
Tex
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