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| Started by | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
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| First post | 2021-01-13 10:57 -0500 |
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DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-01-13 10:57 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Marco Scholz <tool@disroot.org> - 2021-01-13 17:09 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-01-13 20:11 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-14 08:13 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-01-14 15:35 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-14 01:49 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-15 09:45 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-15 11:04 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-15 18:12 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-01-15 22:10 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-16 10:05 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-20 17:15 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Robert Netzlof <rnetzlof@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 09:55 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-01-20 20:14 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-20 20:06 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-21 02:30 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-21 15:29 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2021-02-23 21:49 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> - 2021-02-23 23:38 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-24 09:27 -0700
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 12:13 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-02-24 17:13 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 12:52 -0600
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-24 17:33 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 19:20 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-02-25 21:06 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2021-02-26 14:06 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 17:21 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-02-26 22:05 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2021-02-27 06:39 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-02-26 22:45 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 02:24 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-02-27 10:32 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-02-26 20:55 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2021-02-27 13:57 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 09:43 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-02-27 10:23 -0500
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-02-28 21:11 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2021-03-14 19:57 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-02-26 07:17 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-02-26 15:23 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-02-26 07:14 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-02-26 19:42 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-02-26 19:41 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> - 2021-02-27 01:19 -0800
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-02-27 10:21 +0000
Re: DEC wash better than you ordinary detergent Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> - 2021-02-25 03:58 -0800
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-24 12:13 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <lv1d3g11fdtm9kho9lcdu3n0i9e64luj6t@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217113 |
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:27:24 -0700, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: >Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: >> David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> writes: >> >>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes: >>> >>> >>>> Moffett Field was a Naval Air Station, which hosted a couple >>>> of P-3 subhunter squadrons before being decommissioned twenty >>>> years ago. >>> >>> And more recently, CANG 129th and 130th Wings >>> >>>> The only time U-2 would have used it would be for emergency >>>> landings or air shows. The U-2's fly out of Beale AFB near >>>> Sacramento. >> >> I was waiting in line at a sandwich shop in Lincoln, CA and saw an air >> force pilot ahead of me with the U2 badge on his shoulder. I checked his >> rank and wings. >> >> Asked him if it was him who was doing patter flying at Mather Airport >> the previous day. Indeed it was. I pulled out my smartphone (back then i >> had a smartphone) and showed him a video I made of him flying. It didn't >> phase him, as he's used to that. >> >> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above >> Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >> > >I loved watching the U2 fly, it was so graceful. I gather for pilots it was >only slightly more comfortable than flying a broomstick. At altitude they had something like 5 knots between the stall and the Mach.
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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
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| Date | 2021-02-24 17:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <YOvZH.5281$YX6.1864@fx36.iad> |
| In reply to | #217113 |
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes: >Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: >> >> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above >> Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >> > >I loved watching the U2 fly, it was so graceful. I gather for pilots it was >only slightly more comfortable than flying a broomstick. Mythbusters did a show on the U-2 where Adam got to fly in the the back seat of one of the two-seater U-2's; most are single seat.
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| From | JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-24 12:52 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <228d3g9bgtjpibep04961cb1o746v8var8@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217115 |
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:13:28 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: >Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes: >>Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: > >>> >>> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above >>> Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >>> >> >>I loved watching the U2 fly, it was so graceful. I gather for pilots it was >>only slightly more comfortable than flying a broomstick. > >Mythbusters did a show on the U-2 where Adam got to fly in the the >back seat of one of the two-seater U-2's; most are single seat. I remeber that being their trainer. -- Jim
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-02-24 17:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s162l212ma3@news2.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #217107 |
On 2021-02-24, Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: > Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above > Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. I would think it would be more appropriate to look for them flying waaaaaay above you. :-) -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | "Some of you may die, \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | but it's a sacrifice X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | I'm willing to make." / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-24 19:20 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <t8rd3gh82eoi9jm1eqv6jflc2uins3oqtn@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217116 |
On 24 Feb 2021 17:33:22 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >On 2021-02-24, Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: > >> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above >> Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. > >I would think it would be more appropriate to look for them >flying waaaaaay above you. :-) Yeah, if you're looking down on U-2s I wanna be flying whatever _you're_ flying.
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| From | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
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| Date | 2021-02-25 21:06 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <87r1l3eg5s.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> |
| In reply to | #217122 |
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:20:07 -0500, J. Clarke wrote: > > On 24 Feb 2021 17:33:22 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> > wrote: > >>On 2021-02-24, Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly above >>> Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >> >>I would think it would be more appropriate to look for them >>flying waaaaaay above you. :-) > > Yeah, if you're looking down on U-2s I wanna be flying whatever > _you're_ flying. I saw a video about the English Electric Lightning jet from the 1950s reaching the altitude of a U2 cruising at max. altitude. If they weren't friendly it could had shot down the U2. Then it was also shadowing a Concorde. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning#Climb_performance> | In September 1962, Fighter Command organised interception trials on | Lockheed U-2As at heights of around 60,000-65,000 ft (18,000-20,000 m), | which were temporarily based at RAF Upper Heyford to monitor Soviet | nuclear tests. Climb techniques and flight profiles were developed to | put the Lightning into a suitable attack position. To avoid risking the | U-2, the Lightning was not permitted any closer than 5,000 ft (1,500 m) | and could not fly in front of the U-2. So an English Electric Lightning is what you want to fly. :-D -- Andreas https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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| From | Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 14:06 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s1av97$t0v$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #217137 |
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:20:07 -0500, J. Clarke wrote: >> >> On 24 Feb 2021 17:33:22 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>>On 2021-02-24, Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly >>>> above Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >>> >>>I would think it would be more appropriate to look for them flying >>>waaaaaay above you. :-) >> >> Yeah, if you're looking down on U-2s I wanna be flying whatever >> _you're_ flying. > > So an English Electric Lightning is what you want to fly. :-D There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude.
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 17:21 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ctsi3gtonjtn545i7js40f74m1860eomrc@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217144 |
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:20:07 -0500, J. Clarke wrote: >>> >>> On 24 Feb 2021 17:33:22 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>On 2021-02-24, Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Anyway, the U2 is my favorite military aircraft and whenever I fly >>>>> above Beale AFB, I make a point to look for U2's flying below me. >>>> >>>>I would think it would be more appropriate to look for them flying >>>>waaaaaay above you. :-) >>> >>> Yeah, if you're looking down on U-2s I wanna be flying whatever >>> _you're_ flying. >> >> So an English Electric Lightning is what you want to fly. :-D > >There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading >to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. OTOH, nobody who knows how high a U-2 can fly is telling. That it was intercepted by Lightnings in exercises and once flew at the same altitude as a Concorde are interesting but don't mean that it was pushing its limits on those occasions. OTGH, they should never have retired Habu.
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| From | Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 22:05 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <81d0a1fe-e1b1-4a1a-b480-acec338612e6n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #217152 |
On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 3:21:49 PM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote: > OTOH, nobody who knows how high a U-2 can fly is telling. No doubt. But it has been declassified that the original RFP for the U-2 requested the ability to fly at 70,000 feet. So while it may be able to fly higher than that, I would not expect that it normally flies _much_ higher than that, even when doing reconnaisance. One can fly almost five times as high - 67 miles high - if one is flying an X-15. And thenthere's the Space Shuttle. So, indeed, there are things to fly that would fly higher. And if they still aren't talking about how high a U-2 can fly, then accurate information about the altitude of an SR-71 Blackbird would be even harder to find, but as the pilot is provided with an oxygen mask designed to allow flight at 80,000 feet, it _seems_ as if it might be just the airplaine you would want to fly if you want to look down on a U-2. John Savard
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| From | Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 06:39 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <i9u7osFtnuiU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #217158 |
On 27 Feb 2021 at 06:05:04, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: > On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 3:21:49 PM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote: > >> OTOH, nobody who knows how high a U-2 can fly is telling. > > No doubt. But it has been declassified that the original RFP for the > U-2 requested the ability to fly at 70,000 feet. So while it may be able > to fly higher than that, I would not expect that it normally flies _much_ > higher than that, even when doing reconnaisance. > > One can fly almost five times as high - 67 miles high - if one is flying > an X-15. And thenthere's the Space Shuttle. So, indeed, there are things > to fly that would fly higher. > > And if they still aren't talking about how high a U-2 can fly, then accurate > information about the altitude of an SR-71 Blackbird would be even harder > to find, but as the pilot is provided with an oxygen mask designed to allow > flight at 80,000 feet, it _seems_ as if it might be just the airplaine you would > want to fly if you want to look down on a U-2. An EE Canberra reached 70,310 feet in 1957.
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| From | Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 22:45 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <d8de81e6-e1b7-49a5-9ebe-f32d98ddc798n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #217158 |
On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 11:05:05 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote: > One can fly almost five times as high - 67 miles high - if one is flying > an X-15. Speaking of the X-15 reminded me that there was a pioneer company in space tourism - not one of the ones currently working on less expensive booster systems - that sought publicity with a contest for a trip into space. I tried looking it up... apparently the craft involved may have been the Rocketplane XP. Someone did win their contest, although I don't know if there was ever a flight... but the images I've seen don't match what I remember, so I may be thinking of some earlier company. John Savard
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 02:24 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <eesj3g110qe5lhl1k2nc4p1ojqbi89eekq@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217158 |
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:05:04 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: >On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 3:21:49 PM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote: > >> OTOH, nobody who knows how high a U-2 can fly is telling. > >No doubt. But it has been declassified that the original RFP for the >U-2 requested the ability to fly at 70,000 feet. So while it may be able >to fly higher than that, I would not expect that it normally flies _much_ >higher than that, even when doing reconnaisance. > >One can fly almost five times as high - 67 miles high - if one is flying >an X-15. And thenthere's the Space Shuttle. So, indeed, there are things >to fly that would fly higher. > >And if they still aren't talking about how high a U-2 can fly, then accurate >information about the altitude of an SR-71 Blackbird would be even harder >to find, but as the pilot is provided with an oxygen mask designed to allow >flight at 80,000 feet, it _seems_ as if it might be just the airplaine you would >want to fly if you want to look down on a U-2. In 1976, Habu set a record of 85,069 feet in sustained flight. Whether they were giving it big sendoff or whether there was still some in reserve I doubt we'll ever know. And Habu would be interesting to fly. So would the Shuttle.
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| From | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 10:32 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <87v9ado7au.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> |
| In reply to | #217158 |
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:05:04 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc wrote: > > And if they still aren't talking about how high a U-2 can fly, then accurate > information about the altitude of an SR-71 Blackbird would be even harder > to find, but as the pilot is provided with an oxygen mask designed to allow > flight at 80,000 feet, it _seems_ as if it might be just the airplaine you would > want to fly if you want to look down on a U-2. There are some Youtube videos and pilots describing a dark blue sky around while flying in daylight. <https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/mach-35-over-libya-in-an-sr-71-blackbird> was flying Mach 3.5 over Libya, accessing the damage an air raid did on Qaddafi's camps in retaliation for the bombing of a discotheque in West-Berlin visited by American army personal in 1986. The Blackbird outran some SAMs fired at it. Just like that. -- Andreas
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| From | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 20:55 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <87o8g6p93l.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> |
| In reply to | #217144 |
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > > There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading > to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. -- Andreas PGP fingerprint 952B0A9F12C2FD6C9F7E68DAA9C2EA89D1A370E0
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| From | Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 13:57 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s1dj4v$abs$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #217157 |
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:55:58 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells wrote: >> >> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >> There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading >> to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. > > Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. They also flew from New York or Washington to Mexico City for a while. There is a book "Remembering the Dragon Lady" of stories from U-2 pilots, it is described in that.
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 09:43 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <remk3gluvgsal9hmb39gpksrdh33co0c3u@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #217167 |
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:57:51 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:55:58 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >>> >>> There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading >>> to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. >> >> Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. > >They also flew from New York or Washington to Mexico City for a while. Those were the regular scheduled routes. There were also charters and tours. And according to Air France the Concorde most assuredly did fly into Havana. <https://corporate.airfrance.com/en/news/first-flight-concorde-fifty-years-ago#:~:text=%2D%20January%2021%2C%201976%20%2D%20first,Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20via%20Dakar.&text=But%20Concorde%20also%20flew%20to,Greece%20and%20France%2C%20by%20Concorde!> >There is a book "Remembering the Dragon Lady" of stories from U-2 pilots, >it is described in that.
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| From | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
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| Date | 2021-02-27 10:23 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <87y2f9o7p4.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> |
| In reply to | #217168 |
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:43:13 -0500, J. Clarke wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:57:51 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells > <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> wrote: > >>On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:55:58 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >>>> >>>> There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading >>>> to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. >>> >>> Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. >> >>They also flew from New York or Washington to Mexico City for a while. > > Those were the regular scheduled routes. There were also charters and > tours. And according to Air France the Concorde most assuredly did > fly into Havana. > > <https://corporate.airfrance.com/en/news/first-flight-concorde-fifty-years-ago#:~:text=%2D%20January%2021%2C%201976%20%2D%20first,Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20via%20Dakar.&text=But%20Concorde%20also%20flew%20to,Greece%20and%20France%2C%20by%20Concorde!> Thanks. -- Andreas PGP fingerprint 952B0A9F12C2FD6C9F7E68DAA9C2EA89D1A370E0
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| From | Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2021-02-28 21:11 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s1h0ug$jdm$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #217157 |
On 27/02/2021 01:55, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. The one I flew in (just once) is parked in Barbados, which was a fairly regular route. It so happens I'll be over there (COVID permitting) this autumn for a holiday. I'll go and shed a tear, as I would at the grave of any much loved friend. Andy
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| From | David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2021-03-14 19:57 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s2lps6$sa3$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #217157 |
Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> writes: >On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:06:31 -0000 (UTC), Robert Swindells wrote: >> >> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:06:39 -0500, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >> There were also a time when a U-2 near Cuba was told to change heading >> to avoid a Concorde at the same altitude. >Concordes were flying London (or Paris)-New York, not Havanna. I saw one departing MIA; as I recall that was a route it then flew 1<n<7 days a week at the time. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close.......................... Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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| From | Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> |
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| Date | 2021-02-26 07:17 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <c4921f7a-6d90-4211-b816-e771dfefd7f8n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #217137 |
On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7:06:41 PM UTC-7, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > So an English Electric Lightning is what you want to fly. :-D Not being an adventurous type, I'll settle for "flying" an English Electric Leo Marconi... Kay Dee Eff Nine! John Savard
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