Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!sjuvax!6912ar04 From: 6912ar04@sjuvax.UUCP (rowley) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: More on B-1 vs B-52 Message-ID: <537@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 13:04:30 EDT Article-I.D.: sjuvax.537 Posted: Tue Oct 9 13:04:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 06:50:44 EDT References: <3213@rabbit.UUCP>, <2409@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: Saint Josephs Univ. Phila., Pa. Lines: 21 If you really think the B-52 is such a good airplane, why don't all you would- be B-1-busters take a test-ride in one?? After that you'll really change your mind and understand why the B-1,Stealth,etc. are worth the trouble. If you have anybody to blame for the runaway trend in defense spending, put the finger on the flaccid admirals and generals letting crooks at the "defense" companies get away with murder.(For example, take the classified Stealth bomber stationed at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska. 1/5 of the Stealths stationed there have crashed in the time since testing began, with an unspecified number of casual- ties. I understand that this is neither net.politics nor net.flame but I feel this info is appropriate to net.aviation, since there's more to aviation than just planes.... My question is why the Stealth hasn't been shelved after all this, while a plane superior to the B-1, the XB-70 Valkyrie(what a funky name! :-) )was pulled after only one crash,which wasn't even caused by that plane or its pilot, but by someone else... Get your Flamethrowers out... Anthony J. Rowley