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Old 05-27-2010, 02:20 PM   #9
flounder
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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan View Post
I don't think it was planned to go very far anyway. Remember that at that speed, the plane went nearly 200 miles during that time. For perspective, if this flight started in Kansas City, it would have crossed the entire width of Missouri during those 200 seconds. You run that baby much longer than that and you're going to have to call someone else to retrieve it.

If Chuck Yeager had been flying it, he would have landed it safely and shot down two Germans.
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