[Boatanchors] New official acronym

[Bob Macklin]

I play with a bunch of retired Boeing people. One was a manager on the B-52
program in the 60's.

The B-52 has been a fine airplane. I asked why the USAF did not just order
replacements. The tooling is all gone! The drawings are al on old paper.
Nothing is on the computer! They would have to start from scratch to design
and build more B-52s!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Berbari" <eberbari at indy.rr.com>
To: "Morris Dillingham" <mdilli at nnwifi.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] New official acronym


> Perry,
> Hello and good to hear from you.  See you in Massillon this summer.
>
> Morris,
> The article I referred to had a picture of one huge shelving unit that I
am
> sure would hold the average basement full of junk on one shelf.  Then just
> imagine a warehouse(s) full of them.  Apparently the problem is huge.
They
> pointed out that by the time the B52 is retired in 2040 it would have had
a
> 90 year service record.
>
> Ed, W9EJB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Morris Dillingham" <mdilli at nnwifi.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] New official acronym
>
>
> I dunno.  I feel like I am developing a warehouse of parts and
boatanchors.
> (albeit a small one) :-)
>
> Morris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed Berbari
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:10 PM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] New official acronym
>
> One reason we all love our boatanchors is that we can get inside them, fix
> them, modify them, and give them the love that they need.  Parts are not
yet
>
> a major problem.
>
> I just read an article in the latest issue of the IEEE Spectrum Magazine.
> Seems that all of the modern stuff is causing great problems for the
> military since they must keep warehouses full of no longer made
components.
> Part of the problem is that the military now uses a lot of commercial
stuff
> which leaves the market place fairly quickly.  The new acronym is DMSMS:
> Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages.
>
> Obviously not a problem for us!
>
> Ed, W9EJB
>
>
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