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Old 12-11-2008, 01:53 PM   #8 (permalink)
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It's better to see the tail from above.It basically respects the angles Mair came up with.When released over Edward's AFB,the boat-tail doubled the glide range.At the same time NASA was playing with the STS they were also out on Roger's Dry Lake riveting boat-tails onto Ford vans.
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