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From: gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler)
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.aviation,net.politics
Subject: Re: Military specifications
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 11:24:06 EDT
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> 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...
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Gene Mutschler             {ihnp4 seismo ctvax}!ut-sally!batman!gene
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