Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Bat Plane Bux Message-ID: <13141@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 15 Jan 90 01:34:41 GMT References: <12850@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Lines: 34 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Ian Wood In article <12981@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write: ... >Which brings up another point. The B-2 is, to my knowledge, >the only military plane for which the prototypes came off >of the production line. This was done because of the >tremendous confidence placed in the computer simulations of >the aircraft. This allowed a greatly sped-up and cheaper >program. (Now this fits into sci.military.) Of course, >that means you have a LOT of confidence in that software... > >Carl Rosene >Rice University-Home of the 1990 Economic Summit. The AVRO Arrow was also prototyped on the production line. This aircraft was the basis for all sorts of projects and ideas that followed. Its demise also was the basis for the great tradition of ripping the guts out of a world leading technology industry. Ian Wood Systems Operator UUCP : iwood@uvicctr.uvic.ca University of Victoria BITNET : CCIAN@UVVM C eh N eh D eh (It's a Sierra, Eric) Disclaimer (noun) : An heinously vulgar concept perpetuated by bureaucrats and lawyers. =-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-= "And what if I should refuse to get this Loc-Nar?" "You die. She dies. EEEVERBODY dies." =-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=