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Old 13-October-2007, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Tucson_Tim View Post
I was just reading about it on wiki. I think it is still is the fastest propellor plane that went into production. I like the part where it says that is so loud that ocean underwater sound detector buoys can detect it.
This might be viewed as a particularly unfortunate feature for its antisubmarine patrol adaptation.

Now that the museum down the road from you has a B-36, the Tu-95 must be one of the things they would most like to have. One would look so menacing rolled across from one of the three B-52s out there on the caliche.
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