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From: yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv)
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Subject: Piece of Cake and Canopy
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Date: 11 Aug 90 01:50:13 GMT
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From: ran el-Yaniv <yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>

Hello,

	Many pilots (as I have read) disliked having their canopy closed
during takeoff, possible to facilate escape...

	A rather interesting detail - during the Israeli War of Independance
the aircraft took off in the following order - Spitfires, Mustangs and
Me 109 copies (Avia 199 Mezeks) last. This procedure was required because the
Avias were very accident-prone, and a crashing plane would have blocked the
runway.

	yaniv