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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:58 PM Original message |
B-1 bomber crashes in Qatar |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reuters: U.S. B-1 bomber explodes on landing in Qatar: Jazeera |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Piece of crap. Probably the only bad airplane North American ever made, and man, |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Cool-looking, though. n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Still a piece of shit. More lost, by percentage of production, by bird strikes than |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I recall that the ground-hugging radar/avionics, that was the fundmental defense for the B-1B |
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Keefer (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "Ground-hugging radar" |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I can't imagine flying my Cessna 182 |
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Keefer (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Roundly condemned Vark? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Osprey. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. How much do they cost? |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. From Wikipedia: Unit cost US$283.1 million in 1998 (B-1B) |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I believe it's this version of the b-1. $200 million + |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Iraq is not a war zone. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "Why are we bombing Iraq?" - Because the "decider" said so. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. A flying crematorium. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wow, Tex! You pegged that one! |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Update, per CNN. Crew safe, plane caught fire on landing was able to taxi. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why did the headline not say "B-1 Bomber takes off", too? |
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