>I was quoting The Guinness Book Of World Records, which I think is more
>reliable, because several hundred million copies later they will have
>managed to correct any errors in a report of a 1947 event.
>OTOH, I didn't know it had left Long Beach ... how on earth did they
>manage ? did they saw it up in chunks, or what ?
>Daan Sandee sandee at cmns.think.com
>Mountain View, CA 94041

Daan -
Yes, they cut it into chunks, shrink-wrapped it (sort of), and towed it by
barge part way, trucks the rest, I believe. (Or was it rail, partway? Oh well.)

Air & Space magazine had a wonderful article on it, I highly reccomend looking
up back copies of the magazine and reading the article. Wonderful pictures,
too!

Susan Collicott susan at pmel.noaa.gov
Computer Services, NOAA PMEL http://corona.www.pmel.noaa.gov/~susan/