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Offline Serenity

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« Reply #45 on: April 12, 2007, 08:11:12 PM »
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One article says the Rusky engineers even copied patches on the B-29 that they knew were patches just so Uncle Joe wouldn't get mad at them for not obeying his order to copy it to the last rivet.


Ive heard the same story. Laughed my arse off!
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #46 on: April 12, 2007, 09:31:49 PM »
TU-4 is amazing in a number of ways. For starters, to manufacture the B-29 is a feat by itself. But to reverse engineer, and then manufacture the same aircraft - hats off to ya.
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