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Re: P-51 Genealogy

To: "KILE, PAUL D" <Paul.Kile@Aerojet.com>
Subject: Re: P-51 Genealogy
From: Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:25:25 -0800
Ahh, but there was some japanes sci-fi click that had the Battle ship
Yamamoto salvaged and then converted into a space ship...  NOW that's
impressive...

Greg


KILE, PAUL D wrote:
> 
> Lawrie,
> I don't know about P-51s making it to the stars, but lots of stars
> made
> it to P-51s (such as Clark Gable, Don DeFore, etc. in all those WW!!
> flicks!)
> 
> One "airplane" that made it into space was shown in this awful movie
> on
> the Sci-Fi Channel last week. The movie setting is a base on the Moon,
> with the usual murder plot going on.  The folks in the white hats
> manage
> to escape at the last minute in a "space shuttle", just before a
> dematerializing bomb takes out the base.  The "space shuttle" interior
> looked suspiciously like a Boeing 707 simulator, complete with the
> flight engineer's panel!
> 
> Nothing can escape my trivial gaze!
> 
> Cheers, PK
> 
> > ----------
> > From:         Lawrie  Alexander[SMTP:Lawrie@britcars.com]
> > Sent:         Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:52 AM
> > To:   KILE, PAUL D; 'mgs@autox.team.net'
> > Subject:      Re: P-51 Genealogy
> >
> > In the interests of complete accuracy, Paul,  did any of the P51s
> > actually
> > make it as far as the stars? I thought that was left to later
> vehicles
> > such
> > as Pioneer, Voyager, etc.....
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: KILE, PAUL D <Paul.Kile@Aerojet.com>
> > > To: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
> > > Subject: P-51 Geneology
> > > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:34 AM
> >
> > (SNIP)
> >
> > > The Merlin transformed the airplane into
> > > a stellar performer.
> >

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