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1994
1994 - 0105.PDF
JOHN MARSDEN (Drawing the first Learjet)..."We came back from lunch, and Bill Lear said: 'Come over here, John, I've got a job for you.' The FAA had said the windscreen was too high, so we stuck some tape on it, and he had me draw the new shape for him!" Boeing 767-200 Ford Sierra for The Autocar This had the most amazing bits in it: the trolley had a gyro out of a Ju.52 to keep it straight, and there's a photo flash-bulb on the front to tell them when it's lifted off!" General Electric CF6-80C2 "This huge arrangement in the centre... came straight off the Boeing SST — they just handed it over. The only thing that Tupolev seems to have changed for the Tu.160! Blackjack was the cockpit windows..." FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12 - 18 January. 1994
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