| From: | Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Mercenary Traffic |
| Date: | Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:49:34 -0800 |
>>>>>[I think I can make it. Responsibilities are a little light now that
they are into the dem/eval stage and hawking up for initial sales. Going
to Yemen are we? I'm still at New Edwards, so, depending on which laws or
sound barriers I break, I can be in Seattle in one to a few hours from
when I get sick leave, which, after talking it over with the old man,
_not_ an easy task mind you, will be whenever you need me.
As for the airframe, I hope you are talking MiG. Certain people who wear
suits for a living decided they weren't completely happy to have the
Valkyrie Proto come back with a crack in her frame, the last time we flew
together. The others thought it was a reasonable price to pay for
the possible increase in future sales, plus Val1 gets to live on as a live
maintenance simulator, rather than spend the money to fix her.
It might take too long before the Corp Court gets off their thumbs, and
then get through convincing those "on high" to use another Valkyrie for a
"live-fire demo" and get permission to have one available. This isn't like
the whirly-bird that gave Thunda's sentry guns a hard time. With the
whole Azzie business, security is considering endoscopes.
Jenn says that she and some of the other tech-heads have been working on a
retrofit package for the neuronets. (Probably inspired by the grumbling I
was doing after the check-ride I took with you two a few months
back...gomen ^_^.) I've been flying with MAX so long, she's another part
of me for all intents and purposes...any chance we can get the full stats
on the MiG's control rig? MAX will probably only be at 1/4 power, but
still that means a lot to me.]<<<<<
-- Arashi <16:48:14/11-13-58 PST>
