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Lucky Luke Ships to France in November (1Sep95)
(from USGP, NOAO Newsletter No. 43, September 1995)

It will be a spectacle to behold when the eight meter mirror blank,
Lucky Luke, leaves the Corning facility in Canton, New York headed for
polishing at REOSC Optique in France. REOSC has a tradition of naming
mirrors after French cartoon characters.  The Gemini mirrors are named
Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper, a fast-shooting cowboy and his trusty
mount.  The exact date of shipment has not been set, but watch for
news in November.  Many New Yorkers will undoubtedly line the road to
watch the parade as they did when the Subaru mirror blank left Corning
for the Contraves plant in Pittsburgh.  I myself prefer to join the
parade route when the mirror blank barges past Notre Dame cathedral
after arriving in France!

                         [Photo not included]

Kathy Wood

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