John Sessoms wrote: > From: pnstenquist > >> I went on a Saab press junket to Sweden in 1981. Saab engineers >> demonstrated the Viggens short takeoff distance. It was truly amazing >> how quickly it got off the ground. The Swedish air force parked them >> in camouflaged hangers alongside highways. They were capable of >> taking off on a short stretch of two-lane blacktop. > > > And supposedly the original law establishing the US Interstate Highways > required one mile out of every five to be straight and level so it could > become an ad hoc runway for the USAF in the event of nuclear war. > > Another thing ... > > Why does Hawaii have INTERSTATE highways? I mean, what other states can > you drive to from Hawaii? ;-D >
Hawaii has Interstate highways because they're federally funded and if called anything else they wouldn't fall under the Interstate Commerce Clause. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
