| To: | fred thomas <vafred@erols.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: MGB vs. Spitfire |
| From: | msecres@ibm.net |
| Date: | Sun, 08 Mar 1998 19:13:56 -0500 |
| Cc: | triumphs@Autox.Team.Net |
| References: | <199803071037_MC2-35DE-11AB@compuserve.com> <3501A08D.2D2@erols.com> |
fred thomas wrote: > > Gentlemen, don't forget the Brits, were first out with commercial jets > also, they just forgot to pressurize them and then poof away they blew. Actually, Fred, what they forgot to do (with the de Havilland "Comet") was build resiliance into the fuselage. The stress of pressurization cycles caused the body metal to fatigue ... and then they blew. -- MS |
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