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Old 10-25-2007, 06:16 AM   #1
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Apologies for the 'hole punch' in the diagram, but who would have contemplated scanners-computers-internet in 1979?!
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It looks like an anorexic Bear. The Russians were awfully good at "borrowing" our things. If the Bear is any indication of how this bird would have played out it would have been pretty successful, but nothing compared to the B-52.
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The area between the tail and the wing looks like it would snap off in light turbulence or a hard landing.

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