http://sortingoutscience.net Science for people who never knew it could be interesting Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:56:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/01/31/the-scientific-tourist-208-a6m7-zero-fighter/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/01/31/the-scientific-tourist-208-a6m7-zero-fighter/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:21:02 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1575 Coming to you from the San Diego Air and Space Museum, it's an A6M7 Zero fighter...

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