.. then amend my previous post about 3 holers - getting my conversations mixed up ...
I see now about no derate .... delete the request for the email ....
We don't see the likes of the machine on the bottom of the world so my recollection would be passe to those of you elsewhere .. but I still can recall as an undergraduate my first watching of its takeoff (at SYD on the demo tour). The mach diamonds and the adominal viscera excitation remain quite vividly with me .... we were at the time standing adjacent to the runway ..... with our hands clasped tightly to our ears ... wonderful stuff ....
[This message has been edited by john_tullamarine (edited 02 June 2001).]