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From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
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Subject: Re: Air-to-air refueling
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From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Just to add a little history to this discussion, Sir Alan Cobham was
working on aerial refuelling in the early 30s.  (Or so says Nevil Shute
Norway, in "Round the Bend").

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Mary Shafer  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
           NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                     Of course I don't speak for NASA
 "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all"--Unknown US fighter pilot