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From: John Smith <JS@abpa.inv>
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Subject: Re: Bristol 188
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F. Russell wrote:
> Miloch wrote:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_188
> This airframe looks amazingly similar to the Lockheed SR-71
> Blackbird and its construction, using titanium alloys, is also
> similar.
> Since both the SR-71 and the 188 were conceived in the 1950's,
> could these similarities be more than a coincidence?
> The honeycombed stainless steel skin is also reminiscent of the XB-70.
The British were so far "behind the tech curve" that they had to copy
Merkan airplanes, only making their 188 as "ugly as sin" so that no
one would know.
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