From: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com (skunk-works-digest) To: skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Subject: skunk-works-digest V8 #119 Reply-To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Sender: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Errors-To: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Precedence: bulk skunk-works-digest Thursday, December 23 1999 Volume 08 : Number 119 Index of this digest by subject: *************************************************** Re: Slow time on the list? Re: Slow time on the list? Re: skunk-works-digest V8 #118 RE: Slow time on the list? RE: Slow time on the list? SR-71 Parts For sale Re: Slow time on the list? RE: Slow time on the list? Re: SR-71 Parts For sale Re: Slow time on the list? Re: SR-71 Parts For sale Re: Slow time on the list? Re: TLC-Mission: Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission/SW) Re: A-12 Re: TLC-Mission: Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission/SW) Re: A-12 Doubled Messages RE: SR-71 Parts For sale RE: Doubled Messages Re: Doubled Messages Re: Doubled Messages *************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:06:18 -0600 From: "Albert H. Dobyns" Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? John Stone wrote: > > Hello...... > > I have not received any Skunk works list messages since the > 15th....have I offend someone, or have I been removed from the list > form not contributing enough? > > Best wishes for a happy holiday season to everyone. > > best, > > John > > John Stone > > blackbirds@iname.com > > U-2 & SR-71 Web page: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html I got maybe 1 or 2 in the last few weeks. I subscribed to skunk-works but not the local one. Does the local one have interesting info on ii? Do you ever read rec.aviation.military anymore? Al ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:10:36 -0600 From: "Albert H. Dobyns" Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? Weigold, Greg wrote: > > Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that > show up on eBay every once in a while... > > Happy Holidays and Happy Y2K!! > > Greg W > Fake U-2 parts? Where? what? how much? Any SR-71 parts for sale?? Al ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:34:18 -0800 From: Lee Markland Subject: Re: skunk-works-digest V8 #118 Re: The F117 and it's alleged 1974 design and 1979 build date. AF stopped using Century series designation in 1964. I don't buy the obfuscation that the F117 tag was given as a result of trials at Nellis (in which captured Soviet Fighters were given designations like F116 and it just "stuck", because my best friend was a machinist in 1969 who was casting handles for the F117. So the AF backsup and backtracks to preserve "secrecy' and advanced technology, what's new. Lee Markland ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:08:32 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: Slow time on the list? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On eBay? You bet!!! Just look around!!! GregW - -----Original Message----- From: Albert H. Dobyns [mailto:ahdobyns@worldnet.att.net] Sent: December 22, 1999 4:11 PM To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? Weigold, Greg wrote: > > Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that > show up on eBay every once in a while... > > Happy Holidays and Happy Y2K!! > > Greg W > Fake U-2 parts? Where? what? how much? Any SR-71 parts for sale?? Al - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: Slow time on the list?

On eBay?  You bet!!!  Just look around!!!  <grin>

GregW

-----Original Message-----
From: Albert H. Dobyns [mailto:ahdobyns@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: December 22, 1999 4:11 PM
To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com
Subject: Re: Slow time on the list?


Weigold, Greg wrote:
>
> Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that
> show up on eBay every once in a while...  <grin>
>
> Happy Holidays and Happy Y2K!!
>
> Greg W
>

Fake U-2 parts?  Where?  what?  how much?
Any SR-71 parts for sale??
Al

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:08:32 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: Slow time on the list? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On eBay? You bet!!! Just look around!!! GregW - -----Original Message----- From: Albert H. Dobyns [mailto:ahdobyns@worldnet.att.net] Sent: December 22, 1999 4:11 PM To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? Weigold, Greg wrote: > > Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that > show up on eBay every once in a while... > > Happy Holidays and Happy Y2K!! > > Greg W > Fake U-2 parts? Where? what? how much? Any SR-71 parts for sale?? Al - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: Slow time on the list?

On eBay?  You bet!!!  Just look around!!!  <grin>

GregW

-----Original Message-----
From: Albert H. Dobyns [mailto:ahdobyns@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: December 22, 1999 4:11 PM
To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com
Subject: Re: Slow time on the list?


Weigold, Greg wrote:
>
> Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that
> show up on eBay every once in a while...  <grin>
>
> Happy Holidays and Happy Y2K!!
>
> Greg W
>

Fake U-2 parts?  Where?  what?  how much?
Any SR-71 parts for sale??
Al

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4CC8.DDC27B86-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:07:56 -0700 From: Brent Clark Subject: SR-71 Parts For sale Believe it or not you can by Sr-71 parts on the Web. Check out these: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222425923 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221728661 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222421170 Now you can get what you really wanted for X-Mas Happy Holidays to all, Brent ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:23:29 -0500 From: John Szalay Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? At 03:06 PM 12/22/1999 -0600, you wrote: > >I got maybe 1 or 2 in the last few weeks. >I subscribed to skunk-works but not the local >one. Glad to see you made it back, AND IS ANYONE ELSE getting double posts all of a sudden ? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:45:34 -0500 From: John Stone Subject: RE: Slow time on the list? Greg W. wrote: >Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that >show up on eBay every once in a while... > And here I thought I was the only person who noticed that most of that stuff was either fake or not marked correctly. Best, John John Stone blackbirds@iname.com U-2 & SR-71 Web page: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:41:44 -0500 From: Gunman and Jacks Subject: Re: SR-71 Parts For sale Brent Clark wrote: >Believe it or not you can by Sr-71 parts on the Web. >Check out these: >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222425923 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221728661 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222421170 > Dang...no engines. - ------------------------------------------------ Gunman and Jacks PGP Key Available (see headers) - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:56 -0600 From: "Albert H. Dobyns" Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? John Stone wrote: > > Greg W. wrote: > > >Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that > >show up on eBay every once in a while... > > > > And here I thought I was the only person who noticed that most of > that stuff was either fake or not marked correctly. > > Best, > > John > > John Stone > > blackbirds@iname.com > > U-2 & SR-71 Web page: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html I heard from someone that you can buy the aluminum coated tires but they are old A-12 tires. And they are still expensive. Don't think I could fit them to either of my cars. Al ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:41:44 -0500 From: Gunman and Jacks Subject: Re: SR-71 Parts For sale Brent Clark wrote: >Believe it or not you can by Sr-71 parts on the Web. >Check out these: >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222425923 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221728661 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222421170 > Dang...no engines. - ------------------------------------------------ Gunman and Jacks PGP Key Available (see headers) - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:56 -0600 From: "Albert H. Dobyns" Subject: Re: Slow time on the list? John Stone wrote: > > Greg W. wrote: > > >Everyone's out shopping..... looking for those fake U-2 parts that > >show up on eBay every once in a while... > > > > And here I thought I was the only person who noticed that most of > that stuff was either fake or not marked correctly. > > Best, > > John > > John Stone > > blackbirds@iname.com > > U-2 & SR-71 Web page: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html I heard from someone that you can buy the aluminum coated tires but they are old A-12 tires. And they are still expensive. Don't think I could fit them to either of my cars. Al ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:57:33 -0700 From: "Terry W. Colvin" Subject: Re: TLC-Mission: Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission/SW) Re: A-12 Larry Clum wrote: > Terry...There is also an SR-71 hanging over the lobby at the Air and > Space Museum in Hutchinson, KS. How come it is not listed? BTW, the > museum just got the Mercury capsule that was pulled from the Atlantic > last month.....Best Museum next to Wright-Pat, in my opinion > > Larry Yep, sure is..... probably wasn't listed on Terry's list as those were just A-12/YF-12A locations. For a comprehensive list of ALL SR-71/A-12/YF-12s look to this site: < http://www.wvi.com/~lelandh/srloc~1.htm > It's pretty much up to date. Cheers, - -- Bob Norway Rockledge, Florida Home Page http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5953/mypage.html ICQ# 3752712 *************************** Blackbird Association Member #1263 *************************** Charter Member TLCB - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org/ Udorn RTAFB Nov'70 - Nov'71 432 AMS/Autopilot *************************** Member Udorn VFW Post 10249 Sawadee Home Page http://www.khonkaen.com/vfw/index.htm *************************** Life Member Air Force Association http://www.afa.org *************************** Life Member Air Force Sergeant Association http://www.afsahq.org/ *************************** SpitList 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500 FM43376UO - Daily Driver *************************** "Don't Take My Pint Mate, I'm In The Loo!" - -- Terry W. Colvin, Sierra Vista, Arizona (USA) < fortean1@frontiernet.net > Home Page: < http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/8958/index.html > Sites: Fortean Times * Northwest Mysteries * Mystic's Cyberpage * TLCB * U.S. Message Text Formatting (USMTF) Program - ------------ Member: Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood (TLCB) Mailing List TLCB Web Site: < http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org > Southeast Asia (SEA) service: Vietnam - Theater Telecommunications Center/HHC, 1st Aviation Brigade (Jan 71 - Aug 72) Thailand/Laos - Telecommunications Center/U.S. Army Support Thailand (USARSUPTHAI), Camp Samae San (Jan 73 - Aug 73) - Special Security/Strategic Communications - Thailand (STRATCOM - Thailand), Phu Mu (Pig Mountain) Signal Site (Aug 73 - Jan 74) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:52:51 -0500 From: John Stone Subject: Re: TLC-Mission: Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission/SW) Re: A-12 Terry C wrote: >Yep, sure is..... probably wasn't listed on Terry's list as those were >just A-12/YF-12A locations. For a comprehensive list of ALL >SR-71/A-12/YF-12s look to this site: > >< http://www.wvi.com/~lelandh/srloc~1.htm > > >It's pretty much up to date. Leland's page is great, but there are several sources for great SR-71 info, Leland's and: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html or David Allsion's page: http://www.habu.org Best, John John Stone blackbirds@iname.com U-2 & SR-71 Web page: http://www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:09:16 -0500 From: "Frank Markus" Subject: Doubled Messages This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF4D25.63317EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I noticed this morning that I had two copies of each of the message from the list. I have been fooling with the mail side of my newsreader so it is possible that the problem is at my end. So I want to know whether the problem is mine or more general. I would hate to ask George to do anything that would risk my losing access to the list. - ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF4D25.63317EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

        = ;    I noticed this morning that I had two copies of each of the message from = the list.  I have been fooling = with the mail side of my newsreader so it is possible that the problem is at my = end.  So I want to know whether the = problem is mine or more general.  = I would hate to ask George to do anything that would risk my losing access to = the list.

 

- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF4D25.63317EA0-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:16:59 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: SR-71 Parts For sale This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D50.2779EC8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I told you so!!! Greg W - -----Original Message----- From: Brent Clark [mailto:jetguy1@ix.netcom.com] Sent: December 22, 1999 7:08 PM To: Skunk Works Digest Subject: SR-71 Parts For sale Believe it or not you can by Sr-71 parts on the Web. Check out these: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222425923 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221728661 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=222421170 Now you can get what you really wanted for X-Mas Happy Holidays to all, Brent - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D50.2779EC8C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: SR-71 Parts For sale

I told you so!!!

Greg W

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Clark [mailto:jetguy1@ix.netcom.com]<= /FONT>
Sent: December 22, 1999 7:08 PM
To: Skunk Works Digest
Subject: SR-71 Parts For sale


Believe it or not you can by Sr-71 parts on the = Web.
Check out these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item= =3D222425923

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item= =3D221728661

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item= =3D222421170

Now you can get what you really wanted for = X-Mas
Happy Holidays to all, Brent

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D50.2779EC8C-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:53:29 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: Doubled Messages This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D55.40661DBA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I got doubles too.... Greg W - -----Original Message----- From: Frank Markus [mailto:fmarkus@pipeline.com] Sent: December 23, 1999 9:09 AM To: Skunk-Works Subject: Doubled Messages I noticed this morning that I had two copies of each of the message from the list. I have been fooling with the mail side of my newsreader so it is possible that the problem is at my end. So I want to know whether the problem is mine or more general. I would hate to ask George to do anything that would risk my losing access to the list. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D55.40661DBA Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
I got doubles too....
 
Greg W
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Markus [mailto:fmarkus@pipeline.com]
Sent: December 23, 1999 9:09 AM
To: Skunk-Works
Subject: Doubled Messages

            I noticed this morning that I had two copies of each of the message from the list.  I have been fooling with the mail side of my newsreader so it is possible that the problem is at my end.  So I want to know whether the problem is mine or more general.  I would hate to ask George to do anything that would risk my losing access to the list.

 

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF4D55.40661DBA-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:00:08 -0500 From: "Philip R. Moyer" Subject: Re: Doubled Messages I'm getting doubles, too. Cheers, Phil Philip R. Moyer, CISSP V:302.235.2141 Senior Security Consultant F:302.996.5818 Hyperon Consulting (http://www.hyperon.com) E:pmoyer@hyperon.com "If someone comes to you with a gift and you will not receive it, to whom does the gift belong?" - Zen parable ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:02:06 -0500 From: John Szalay Subject: Re: Doubled Messages At 09:09 AM 12/23/1999 -0500, you wrote: > I noticed this morning that I had two copies of each of >the message from the list. It started yesterday and I,m getting them too........... ------------------------------ End of skunk-works-digest V8 #119 ********************************* To subscribe to skunk-works-digest, send the command: subscribe in the body of a message to "majordomo@netwrx1.com". If you want to subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-skunk-works": subscribe local-skunk-works@your.domain.net To unsubscribe, send mail to the same address, with the command: unsubscribe in the body. Administrative requests, problems, and other non-list mail can be sent to georgek@netwrx1.com. A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace all instances of "skunk-works-digest" in the commands above with "skunk-works". Back issues are available for viewing by a www interface located at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works/ If you have any questions or problems please contact me at: georgek@netwrx1.com Thanks, George R. Kasica Listowner