[rescue] Shifted Sun GDM-500PS...

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 04:10:29AM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:51:54PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > Um, no.  Not quite.
> > The American, or short, ton is 2000lb.
> > The metric ton, or tonne, is 1000kg, or approximately 2205lb.
> > The Imperial, or long, ton is 2240lb.
> 
> When you get to "over 2000 lbs", who *cares* about a difference of
> ~235 lbs? 8-)

The loadmaster on the C-5B, for instance?  :)


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