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turret, or some walls have moved. Or perhaps someone has temporarily
removed the floor under your bed." - Unix for Dummies, 2nd Edition
-- found in the .sig of Rob Riggs, rriggs@tesser.com
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Would you comment on that?
Belenko: Well, let's talk about aircraft engine lifetime. When I flew the
MiG-25, its engines had a total lifetime of 250 hours.
DE: Is that mean-time-between-failure?
Belenko: No, the engine is finished; it is scrapped.
DE: You mean they pull it out and throw it away, not even overhauling it?
Belenko: That is correct. Overhaul is too expensive.
DE: That is absurdly low by free world standards.
Belenko: I know.
-- an interview with Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in 1976
"Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, pg. 102