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Abe wrote: In article , *@*.* says... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. pedant The C-141 is the Starlifter. The C-130 is the Hercules. /pedant Thank you -- you beat me to it. Miche -- If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud. -- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant" |
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:49:35 +1300, Miche
wrote: In article , Abe wrote: In article , *@*.* says... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. pedant The C-141 is the Starlifter. The C-130 is the Hercules. /pedant Thank you -- you beat me to it. But as the use of quotation marks and the word "sic" indicate, Patrick was aware of that. |
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![]() On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:14:51 +1300, Brian Harmer wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:49:35 +1300, Miche wrote: In article , Abe wrote: In article , *@*.* says... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. pedant The C-141 is the Starlifter. The C-130 is the Hercules. /pedant Thank you -- you beat me to it. But as the use of quotation marks and the word "sic" indicate, Patrick was aware of that. Quite so. Patrick can be a pain in the arse but you can't fault him in matters of transport. Credit where credit's due, I always say. -- Brian Dooley Wellington New Zealand |
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:46:56 -0000, Abe wrote:
In article , *@*.* says... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. pedant The C-141 is the Starlifter. The C-130 is the Hercules. /pedant The NYANG uses LC-130's. Cath |
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In nz.general Mainlander *@*.* wrote:
The word sic is Latin meaning "Written as quoted" or words to that effect. It actually means "thus", implying "written thus in the original text" when quoting. |
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![]() "Mainlander" *@*.* wrote in message . nz... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. -- Full featured open source Win32 newsreader - Gravity 2.70 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ Hi, I flew out of CHC today and wondered what the 2 x C141s and 2 x C130s were doing there. Presumed they may have been part of some Antarctic work. Anyone know what they are doing in the area? MK. |
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![]() "MK" wrote in message u... Hi, I flew out of CHC today and wondered what the 2 x C141s and 2 x C130s were doing there. Presumed they may have been part of some Antarctic work. Anyone know what they are doing in the area? MK. Probably the usual Summer resupply and general support. Tex |
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In article ,
says... "Mainlander" *@*.* wrote in message . nz... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. -- Full featured open source Win32 newsreader - Gravity 2.70 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ Hi, I flew out of CHC today and wondered what the 2 x C141s and 2 x C130s were doing there. Presumed they may have been part of some Antarctic work. Anyone know what they are doing in the area? It's the end of summer there, meaning all the summer people are flying out, also supplies for the winter will be flown in before everything freezes up. -- Full featured open source Win32 newsreader - Gravity 2.70 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:13:32 +1000, "MK"
wrote: "Mainlander" *@*.* wrote in message .nz... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after earlier radioing in a mechanical failure. -- Full featured open source Win32 newsreader - Gravity 2.70 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ Hi, I flew out of CHC today and wondered what the 2 x C141s and 2 x C130s were doing there. Presumed they may have been part of some Antarctic work. Anyone know what they are doing in the area? MK. Where have you been for all or part of the past 49 years? The Antarctic programme has been at Harewood for this long. http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/start.htm http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/background/NSF/ The Herc's with skis are LC-130's. Cath |
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