Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: eachus@linus.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: F19 vs. F117 Message-ID: <1990Jul31.023053.20098@cbnews.att.com> Date: 31 Jul 90 02:30:53 GMT References: <1990Jul27.015630.22235@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: The Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com Full-Name: Usenet News From: eachus@linus.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) In article <1990Jul27.015630.22235@cbnews.att.com> wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) writes: F111: Now that's funny...I can't remember the name of this thing to save my life OR who built it. That's easy. TFX did have a name assigned, but the only one that stuck to the F111A was McNamara's Folly. Built by General Dynamics in LBJ's home state of Texas. GD is a defense contractor much more famous for its ships and submarines... -- Robert I. Eachus with STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; use STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; function MESSAGE (TEXT: in CLEVER_IDEAS) return BETTER_IDEAS is...