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From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Don't Mess with NASA (afterburners)
Message-ID: <116819@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 20 Jul 89 20:55:38 GMT
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In article <1989Jul20.184051.19979@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> In article <8907201027.AA07833@osteocyber.ortho.hmc.psu.edu> dsc@OSTEOCYBER.ORTHO.HMC.PSU.EDU (david s. channin) writes:
> > ... 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...
> >     
> >     Why wouldn't this scenario work?? (or would it?).
> 
> The answer to item 3 will be "sorry, that is a USAF aircraft that is not
> for sale to civilians without government approval".  This is partly
> [...  And the US
> government feels that private citizens should not be allowed to own jet
> fighters.

But, Henry!  The T-38 *isn't* a fighter...though I suppose you could
add an external gun pod after you got it home.  :}

You're probably right anyway.  Darn.