Columbia

From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid_at_30below.com>
Date: Sun Feb 2 13:36:01 2003

The SR71 is no airliner. I've seen it take off several times when I was
in Japan. If pressed, I'd guess the Boing 747 as the safest airliner.
Barring bombs, hijackers, and other interference, I don't recall one
crashing. Maybe once.

Regards,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Kevin Handy
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:46 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Columbia

Ed Tillman wrote:

>...for that matter, only 2 complete craft/crew losses for the shuttle
>program in over 20 years; and including these, only *3* complete
craft/crew
>losses in a space program that's run for nearly 35 years? That's still
a
>damned good record in anyone's book, regardless of what the detractors
may
>say... Name me an aircraft or series of aircraft who can make the
same
>
SR-71 Blackbird

>claim. (Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner that comes
>closest to beating this record...)
>
>Cheers...
Received on Sun Feb 02 2003 - 13:36:01 GMT