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regi wrote:The russian canon fodder was given pre-injury anaesthesia. See the horrible movie "Enemy at the Gate."

Maybe it worked! The Soviets won the war after all, against a horrible invader.

fleabyte wrote:At your disposal. Whoops, there went 5 million USD

I hear it is closer to $20M to replace a Chinook. A friend of mine claims to have hired NARZ (Russian company) to rescue a Chinook from a mountainside at 9K feet with a Mi-16T seen in thumbnail picture here:

http://www.tejavia.com/contact.html

http://www.highlandlakessquadron.com/ I got it wrong first time, won't happen again sir.

I think i read somewhere that American Airlines was studying putting winglets on thier MD 80 fleet to extend the life of the plane in the fleet by making it more fuel efficient. Any word on that? [/i]

Not going to happen. When AA chooses 737 it will narrow the spares inventory, gain leaner burning ...

Re"Douglas was always known for building rugged and long lasting airplanes. "

Indeed! Check out our CAF squadron's C-47: http://www.highlandlakessquadron.org

I have worked on AA's MD-80's for a long time and will miss them when they go away. The plane is well designed and simple to repair.

I think we agree on that one !

Respectfully, I don't give the president of Russia any credit for deciding what engines to put on any aircraft. The engineers and marketing team at Kamov Helicopter get all my credit for their wisdom.

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Ka-226 is a great helicopter, soon to be available with RR engines as an option.

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A close friend in Ukraine tells me a senior Boeing executive has just made a statement that Boeing will market the An-148.

Ukraine has no bilateral agreement with USA (AC21-23b); and, the An-148 is in direct competition with the "Superjet 100" (RRJ).

I would like to post a news link on my site ...