Re: History Channel

From: "calcity" 
Subject: Re: History Channel
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 18:19:48 -0700

Thanks, Dick.

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom C Robison <tcrobi@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
To: <AIRCRAFT-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>; <skunk-works@netwrx1.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 08:04
Subject: History Channel


>
>
> Upcoming programs on the History channel:
>
>   Sunday -- 09/12/1999
>
>   10:00/7:00 History Undercover. Top Secret: Spy Planes of the Cold War.
>   Join host Arthur Kent as he uncovers new information about secret spy
>   plane missions flown over communist territories during the Cold War.
>   Over 10,000 missions were flown; many were tracked and attacked by the
>   U.S.S.R., Red China, and North Korea. The most famous was C.I.A. agent
>   pilot Gary Powers, shot down in 1960 over the Soviet Union. [TV G]
>
>   Tuesday -- 09/14/1999
>   10:00/7:00 Stealth Technology.  A look at the F-117 Stealth Fighter that
>   led the pack for the Allies in the Gulf War and virtually decimated
>   Baghdad. Find out how the technology allows it to approach its target
>   without being detected by radar. Also, a look at the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
>   (cc) [TV G]
>
>   Thursday -- 09/16/1999
>   10:00/7:00 NORAD: The War Game Fortress.  Takes you into the top-secret
>   headquarters of America's nuclear missile warning center, hidden deep in
>   the mountains of Colorado. (cc) [TV G]
>
>   Tuesday -- 09/21/1999
>   10:00/7:00 Radar.  Examines the history of radar, focusing on its role
>   in the Allies' victory in WWII. From the Chain Home Network, rudimentary
>   radar towers that ringed England's eastern coast, to the role of
>   Boston's MIT in developing a smuggled English secret-- the cavity
>   magnetron. (cc) [TV G]
>
>
>

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