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Offline FreeBorn

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Re: The End of an Era
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2011, 01:19:46 PM »
BTW, was just wondering about your screen name. Do you play a Doctor on T.V.?


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Re: The End of an Era
« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2011, 06:24:22 PM »
A parallel.........

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A 360° zoomable, rotatable view of the Shuttle's cockpit.
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Re: The End of an Era
« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2011, 06:26:32 PM »
TV DOC, we had Doppler radars in our helicopters that were couple with a hover- approach system. They only weighed a few pounds, too. The Klystrons were a mere couple or three ounces combined with six crystal oscillators.
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation."- IBID

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