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Old 21st Jun 2001, 21:05
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chiglet
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MJ et al,
"Zulu" is 'normal' GMT time. Not "summer, double summer" or owt else. Why "Zulu"? I know not. Why UTC? Universal Time Constant put forwards by our European fiends [no spelling mistook]
Why "Zuku"? To keep tack of long haul a/c in the 50's/60's taking ages to cross the Atlantic and they had to have a base line.
If you think of a better explanation please tell me. :
we aim to please, it keeps the cleaners happy

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