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From: dsc@OSTEOCYBER.ORTHO.HMC.PSU.EDU (david s. channin)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Don't Mess with NASA (afterburners)
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Date: 20 Jul 89 10:27:34 GMT
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>Me too!  Unfortunately the US military wants to keep jet aviation all to
>itself, so even its tamer aircraft are never sold to civilians.  (Both
>the Starfighter and the T-38 were rebuilt from hardware that slipped out
>basically by accident.)

Hypothetical Question:

  Let's say you just happen to have hit the PA state lottery last April, and walked away with $115 Million. You will receive 5.75 M for 20 years. You save diligently for 6 -7 years. What are the laws, regulations, etc (if any) that prevent you from doing the following:
     1. Walk into the Northrop offices in wherever.
     2. Pull out a bank check for x million dollars.
     3. Say,``I'd would like that nice T-38 that's in the showroom''.
     4. Fly away with same after filling the tank. (assuming you already have a license).
     
     Why wouldn't this scenario work?? (or would it?).
     
     
     dsc@osteocyber.ortho.hmc.psu.edu

David S. Channin
Research Fellow
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
717 - 531 - 6698