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To: combjelly who wrote (377426)	4/10/2008 2:50:34 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582327

Certainly not according to The Bible, sorry I mean your bible, The Wiki. Now Wiki is no better than the collective memory of a couple of eager posters. I recall quite well the story about the sand filters lifted for range reasons. With the copters flying in low below the screens over the sand, the removed sand filters was said to been playing a crucial role in grounding the lift. If you do some more extensive search as opposed to just calling up your Wiki bible, you may find something about that as well. Taro

To: combjelly who wrote (377426)	4/10/2008 3:09:23 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582327

Quite often, doing your own search work rather than just referring to your "Wiki Bible" does indeed yield additional facts. Don't make it too easy on yourself, CJ. In particular not if you still want to play at the higher intellectual levels of this board. That's where parrotting Wiki just isn't quite good enough. Taro "But the real, unreported scandal of 1980 was the sabotage of the Desert One rescue attempt. Helicopters were sent out over the desert without air filters; the sand and dust soon ruined their engines. Also, no backup or reserves were sent on this critical mission. The failure of this rescue mission prevented the rest of the plan from being carried out. Its success would surely have resulted in President Carter's re-election. Some think that the military-industrial complex was amply rewarded by the greatly increased spending of the Reagan-Bush administration. amazon.com and "Someone had removed some of the sand filters from the helicopters, and that is what led to their crash when, without filters, the engines clogged up. geocities.com