Date:         Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:53:38 -0700
Reply-To:     pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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From:         pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Trip List
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Boggles.

There was a story about a crash of an Orion P3 in the Arctic Ocean in the
seventies.  The base responsible discovered long after the fact during a
routine GSA accounting the real reason for the crash.

When reviewing the list of materiel  reputed to have been lost with the
aircraft and adding up the weight and volume it was clear that the P3 should
have crashed on takeoff as it was far above the rated load for the airframe.

Off to Travis today for the (H)Airshow.

cheers.

pensioner (TWO, front seat AH-1, long ago)

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