From: John Hudson <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
At 01:18 PM 10-08-99 -0700, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Although satellites have largely done away with manned spy aircraft,
>the U-2 is enjoying a new life (and a new name, the TR-1) as an
>environmental sampling station.
......according to Pres Eisenhower that's just what Gary Powers was doing
all along ........ sampling the atmosphere !!
Yea, right. And if you believe that, I suspect you've been sampling
some atmosphere mixed with the smoke from a certain burning plant...
:-)
: Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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