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RE: [TR] Alloy spring keepers

To: smacsjunk@hotmail.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [TR] Alloy spring keepers
From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:17:56 -0500
>just another example of British "never make it simple when there's a more 
>complicated way" of engineering?
>
>cheers
>Scott

I used to teach at the facility where they restore the aircraft for the 
National Air & Space Museum. The Restoration Specialists said that, after a 
while, they got a feel for different nations' design philosophies. One 
described British aircraft design this way:

"Why use four rivets when seven will do just fine?

John


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