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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ANOTHER Boeing Incident - Dozens Injured
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:59:25 GMT
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On a sunny day (14 Mar 2024 04:35:01 GMT) it happened rbowman
<bowman@montana.com> wrote in <l5fd3lFrad9U1@mid.individual.net>:

>On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:42:08 -0400, 68hx.1804 wrote:
>
>>    The Russian psychology seems to differ a bit. Instead of trying to
>>    ride the technological bleeding edge for most planes they instead
>>    trend towards "simple and tough". In short they are built to "get the
>>    job done",
>>    minus any flair.
>
>It's the AK-47 versus the M16. The AK owes quite a bit to the Garand but 
>the gas piston is a straight piece and keeps the dirty gases away from the 
>bolt. It's simple to manufacture and for Ivan to keep working. It's 
>looseness gives it extreme reliability while maintaining sufficient 
>accuracy to get the job done at the ranges it is intended for. 
>
>People laughed at the stone age vacuum tube technology used in the MiGs 
>but a vacuum tube is rad hard.  Speaking of which, with all the bullshit I 
>wonder if you can still get Svetlana vacuum tubes? 

ebay shure has some:
 https://www.ebay.com/b/Svetlana-Vacuum-Tube/64627/bn_351248
I use a Russian PMT in one of my gamma spectrometers.