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To: heraclitus who wrote (22864)9/28/2000 9:43:37 PM
From: IceShark  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
two tons an hour? Yikes!

A friend of my Dad's was a 747 pilot that flew the polar routes like NY to Narita, HK, etc.. He said they carried a bag of cash to buy fuel if something went wrong and they had to drop down in USSR. I never have figured out if he was pulling my leg. -g-