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Re: Fixed & Next !

To: JOEL RICHARDSON <joelrich@aztec.asu.edu>
Subject: Re: Fixed & Next !
From: Phil Ethier <ethier@freenet.msp.mn.us>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 17:13:02 -0500 (CDT)
cc: ejfluhr@ulc231.residence.gatech.edu, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <9510111929.AA14545@aztec.asu.edu>
Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net

On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, JOEL RICHARDSON wrote:

> Just on an unrelated note regarding duck (duct?) tape...I just toured a 
> McDonnel Douglas Helicopter Plant and one of the guys there said that the
> first place duck tape was used was on the rotors of the helicopter in the
> Vietnam War, after the guerillas had shot up at the helicopter and put holes
> in the blades.  Anyone know if there is any truth to this?

Certainly not.  Duct tape far precedes the Vietnam War and may precede 
helicopters.

Phil

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- Re: Fixed & Next !
  - From: joelrich@aztec.asu.edu (JOEL RICHARDSON)

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