Death On The North Sea Gunnery Range

Subject: Death On The North Sea Gunnery Range
From: (Peter Stickney)
Date: 8/12/2004 7:12 PM Pacific Standard Time
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In article ,
(OXMORON1) writes:
Paul answered Art's riddle with:
When you're navigating with paper and pencil, you really need a working
point on the pencil?

Art replied:
Well done Paul. Eactly right.


Not good enough Art, really old time, mechanical pencils prevent all those
pesky shavings from floating around and.....really good navigators use ink
(well ballpoint).
Only Russian Cosmonauts use pencils. any more.
Pilot brand "Razor Points", blue or black, work really well under the red
light.

The red ones don't.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must

Ah the luxuries of the modern air force. (sigh)



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Sharkone, take a hike or decide to make sense.

Quent