Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site batman.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!batman!gene From: gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler) Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.aviation,net.politics Subject: Re: Military specifications Message-ID: <165@batman.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 11:24:06 EDT Article-I.D.: batman.165 Posted: Tue Aug 20 11:24:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 05:27:06 EDT References: <746@lsuc.UUCP> Organization: Burroughs Austin Research Center, TX Lines: 18 Xref: linus net.jokes:11777 net.aviation:1736 net.politics:9862 > 30 years ago, when the Air Force needed a large cargo plane, it > put out a list of specifications that took up less than 8 pages. > Lockheed responded with a proposal 3/4" thick, which resulted in > a huge plane named the Hercules. In 1980, when the Air Force needed > a new cargo plane, it issued specifications that took up 2,750 pages. > Lockheed's proposal alone weighed 6,600 pounds. To deliver it, the > company used one of the old Hercules cargo planes. > > -- John Tierney, in the current Science 85 > Posted by Mark Brader. Its a good thing this is in net.politics and net.avaition. Its too bizarre for net.bizarre... -- Gene Mutschler {ihnp4 seismo ctvax}!ut-sally!batman!gene Burroughs Corp. Austin Research Center cmp.barc@utexas-20.ARPA (512) 258-2495