From:	Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Arrow
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:54:27 -0800

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Kristling Ravenwing wrote:

> 2) Anyone mind if I have the Ravenwing International gang (sans krist, of
> cours, I'm postin' why tomorrow unless anyone else in the storyline has any
> input) find the rumoured to be saved from destruction Averal Arrow?
>
> The Averal was on of the most advanced airplanes of its time. It was
> discontinued by the (defunct in SR) Canadian government of the day. It'd just
> be cool, since one of Ravenwing's cronies is a rigger with a REAL interest in
> arronautic history.

What is it? I mean finding an old WWII fighter at the bottom of a lake is
one thing (they actually recovered a P-38 a few years ago IIRC), but
having runners wandering about in a Concord is quite another matter. And
how would they find it? I assume the "rumored to be saved from
destruction" means that it was never seen to auger in, but nobody knows if
it still exists or was scrapped. "Advanced _____ of its time" is highly
relative. The crossbow was the most advanced personal weapon of its time,
and the SR-71 Blackbird was (arguably, is) the most advanced aircraft of
its time.

--My two yen

Jeff