Lawrie,
I don't know about P-51s making it to the stars, but lots of stars made
it to P-51s (such as Clark Gable, Don DeFore, etc. in all those WW!!
flicks!)
One "airplane" that made it into space was shown in this awful movie on
the Sci-Fi Channel last week. The movie setting is a base on the Moon,
with the usual murder plot going on. The folks in the white hats manage
to escape at the last minute in a "space shuttle", just before a
dematerializing bomb takes out the base. The "space shuttle" interior
looked suspiciously like a Boeing 707 simulator, complete with the
flight engineer's panel!
Nothing can escape my trivial gaze!
Cheers, PK
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> From: Lawrie Alexander[SMTP:Lawrie@britcars.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:52 AM
> To: KILE, PAUL D; 'mgs@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: P-51 Genealogy
>
> In the interests of complete accuracy, Paul, did any of the P51s
> actually
> make it as far as the stars? I thought that was left to later vehicles
> such
> as Pioneer, Voyager, etc.....
>
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> > From: KILE, PAUL D <Paul.Kile@Aerojet.com>
> > To: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
> > Subject: P-51 Geneology
> > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:34 AM
>
> (SNIP)
>
> > The Merlin transformed the airplane into
> > a stellar performer.
>
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