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From: billc@cadovax.UUCP (Bill Clopton)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Rear-views
Message-ID: <2343@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 89 16:26:19 GMT
References: <524@gonzo.UUCP> <1475@petsd.UUCP> <13987@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <976@nbife.NBI.COM>
Reply-To: billc@cadovax.UUCP (Bill Clopton)
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In article <976@nbife.NBI.COM> ron@nbife.NBI.COM (Ron Schweikert) writes:

>I'm always amused by the rumors associated with the blackbird over the years,
>[...]
>Flies underwater because of it's periscope...
>                     Can't think of what else he'd use it for...

Perhaps checking control-action on the rudder.  I've often wished I had a
rear-view mirror for this purpose (and clearing), while I strain to twist
my neck and upper torso 180 degrees (all right, so I'm gettin' old and
stiff!)

Seriously, Why don't C172's and their ilk have this simple aid?  The
plusses are obvious; the minuses escape me altogether.

-- Bill


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