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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
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 13:04:30 1984
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 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