It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT

[Benjamin Gardiner]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:58:06 -0500, Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
> Benjamin Gardiner wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:22:09 -0500, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >>   An typewritten english translation of a German Army training manual for
> >>the German A4 (V2) rocket!!  I've never seen anything like this before,
> >>it's over 4 inchs thick and FULL of information about the A4. The manual
> >>was clearly written during WW-II. I think the translation was probably done
> >>by the US Army Intellignce after the war but it doesn't say. I've got to
> >>find out more about where he got this from.
> >>
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Wowo!  Any chance of getting scans of this at all, as the A4/V2 is
> > something that has interested me for many many many years...
> 
>    In a post-9/11 US, I'd be *extremely* careful about publishing
> schematics or blueprints of "a bomb".  Especially for off-shore consumption.
> 
>    The way our government is acting (and reacting) lately, I don't think
> they'll care how old or how commonly available those plans are.
> 
> 
>         Doc
> 

I can see your point there dDoc, and the fact that I am off shore so
to speak, may be an issue, but wow, is all I can say about this
document find...

as someone very interested in the A4/V2 rocket design and operation
(and to a degree the construction) these documents would be just
wonderful to read.

Benjamin
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