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From: gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes)
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Subject: Re: MiG-31 Foxhound
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Date: 29 Jun 91 01:34:04 GMT
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From: gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes)
acton@cs.ubc.ca (Donald Acton) writes:

>I thought that some of the readers of this newsgroup might be
>interested to know that on Monday the organizer's of the Abbotsford
>International Airshow announced that the Soviet Union will be sending
>the MIG-31 to the airshow. 

I saw this on CNN and there was an American Jet fighter pilot standing
in front of the MIG-31.  He looked at it then at the camera and said,
"weelll, I really wouldn't worry too much about running into it
in a confrontational situation."  This was his approxamate words.
Seems they don't even use flush bolts on the skin.  Kind of like
old technology rehashed.  The pilot was totally unimpressed with it.
And I just watched FIREFOX the other day too.  Strange, the MIG-31
in the movie was sooo different....

-- 
Gordon Hayes, MCIS, University of Washington
gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"