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To: Yehuda
I'm in the aerospace industry, and everytime I see a picture of Monica with her mouth open I am reminded of Boeing's entry into the Joint Strike Fighter program, the X-32. It was the ugliest airplane ever designed, and initial reviews said it looked like a "stuffed frog." But the competition occurred during 1999 and 2000, when Clinton was still hanging onto office, and the kiss of death happened when the junior officers in the Air Force gave it a different name -- they called it "Monica" for obvious reasons. The Boeing plane never had a chance after that, and the Lockheed X-35 won hands down.

Here's Monica:

Here's the X-32

Separated at birth ...

14 posted on 02/23/2012 3:14:01 PM PST by tom h
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