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From: hpb@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Harry P Bloomberg)
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Subject: Nitrogen Powered Aircraft
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Date: 10 Jan 91 02:56:33 GMT
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From: Harry P Bloomberg <hpb@unix.cis.pitt.edu>

   This week's Aviation Week contains the obituary of Kelly Johnson, the
founder of Lockheed's Skunk Works.

   One item in this article really caught my attention:

   "...[Kelly] stopped work on the CL-400 nitrogen-powered reconnaissance
aircraft, an intended successor to the U-2 when he determined the aircraft
would not have adequate performance."

   Anybody have any more information on this airplane?  And how does
nitrogen propulsion work?  I've never heard of it.

Harry Bloomberg