[R-390] G-8 Summit Security...

Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:40:01 -0600 (MDT)

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Norman Ryan wrote:

> XMTR was a T-368, maybe?  :-)

> [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > Man, I bet it was tight in that cockpit with a full diversity ISB setup.
> > Imagine two R-390(*)'s, two CV-157's, and associated paraphernalia.
> > No problems keeping warm at high altitudes.

Alas, you are not so far from the truth as all that.  When AVRO developed
the long lamented CF-105 Arrow long range all weather intercepter back in
the middle 50's it came out as really BIG and part of the reason for that
was they needed lots of room for all the tube gear that they planned to haul 
around.  One of the factors that killed the Arrow was the RCAF's unreasonable
specifications of what that plane had to carry around up there.

Oh yes, and Dulles's horror at the idea of the Canadian socialists having
an intercepter of that caliber...  they would just leak the plans to the 
Soviets you know.
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   Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS  
   Athabasca University
   Athabasca, Alberta Canada
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