jae@sybil.cs.buffalo.edu (Jae Hoon Lee) (01/25/91)
From: jae@sybil.cs.buffalo.edu (Jae Hoon Lee) I saw from TV that the air filters for the M-1 tanks have to be cleaned everyday because of sand. Then, in case of jet fighters, wouldn't there be problems/damages to the jet engine? Jaehoon -- Jae@cs.Buffalo.EDU \\// Yes, I am a vi user. But, I know how Jae%cs.Buffalo.EDU@ubvm.BITnet XX to get out of emacs when necessary. V5066R2Z@ubvms.Buffalo.EDU //\\ I only wish there exists xvi. 8-)
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (01/27/91)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: jae@sybil.cs.buffalo.edu (Jae Hoon Lee) >I saw from TV that the air filters for the M-1 tanks have to be cleaned >everyday because of sand. Then, in case of jet fighters, wouldn't there be >problems/damages to the jet engine? Yes. The Saudi air force's Tornados have special sand-resistant turbine blades, and there was talk of doing a hasty retrofit of same to the RAF Tornados deployed to the Gulf. Don't know whether it was done. -- If the Space Shuttle was the answer, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology what was the question? | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry