Saturday, April 10, 2010

The dead hand of history

13 comments:

Arelcao Akleos said...

Ok..... this is Putin's Russia, after all. How sure are we this was an accident?
Fog...accident.
The perfect efficiency of decapitating a proWestern polish government?....Need to see more on this.

Tecumseh said...

Polish President used a 30-year Russian plane (?) which had recently been refurbished and certified by the Russians. Hmmm... Why not use a Boeing plane, or an Airbus? I read somewhere that the Poles used a Tupolev as a sign of goodwill towards the Russians. On the way to Katyn? Must be a curse.

Mr roT said...

What a goddam mess.

In Kirghiz Putin is getting just what he wants too.

Tecumseh said...

We are jinxed.

Tecumseh said...

Tentatively, it looks like a pretty bad pilot error.

Arelcao Akleos said...

Shoulda gone with a Boeing. Great instrumentation for blind landing. Dunna think the Tupolev had it.

Mr roT said...

Of course Tecs is still pulling for the EADS since they build boats for his buddy Putin.

Tecumseh said...

Anything made by Boeing or Airbus is far superior to a Tupolev--a plane designed in the mid 1960s.

Mr roT said...

Don't get you-know-who started on that... you might end up in a discussion about Fomenko's New Chronology.

Tecumseh said...

You mean, who started the jet engine industry? I'll gladly enter into such a discussion, but it should be on another thread.

Mr roT said...

No, I mean the guy that I worked with more than you did.

Tecumseh said...

Are you trying to say Tsiolkovsky invented the rocket? No way. It was Oberth.

Mr roT said...

Don't you mean Popov?