Re: [FYI] World's Longest page on tracks vs wheels

----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [FYI] World's Longest page on tracks vs wheels

> At 10:09 PM +0100 1/14/02, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
> >Well, the US could buy a stripped-down M2 for their mobile forces and
the
> >right size transport aircraft to go with them - from Antonov or (the
future
> >A 400) from Airbus.
>
> If'n we'd just bought a whole bunch more C5-D's rather than that
> Boeing contraption we'd have heavy lift coming out of our ears.  I
> got a glimpse at that Bid specification at Lockmart years ago when
> working there. It was very interesting the ideas that Lockmart's
> engineers had come up with.
> --
> - Ryan Montieth Gill			       '01 Honda Insight -

Is that the tandem-wing beastie with the front wings swept back and the
rear
wings swept forward, and joined at the tips?  The illustration I saw
looked
rather good- and rather Gerry Anderson.

Rob Paul