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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 16:17:15 GMT -5
-- Except for the 45-mile runway required.
-- Note that there are no pilots, and only white passengers.
-- I love that the tail observation disc rotates, cuz God forbid you just walk around the 360 degrees.
-- Funny they don't show exactly how those electrically powered 747 supply ships approach and attach on a Lakehurst-like spire. Oh, the humanity!
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Post by TKennedy on Jun 27, 2022 16:26:39 GMT -5
How many Legos to make one?
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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 16:31:05 GMT -5
How many Legos to make one? You know, that thing makes the Pregnant Guppy look like an F-104. |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 16:42:51 GMT -5
I love, also, that the radical future of aviation holds in store a mammoth biplane, with non-swept wings and fixed landing gear.
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Post by david on Jun 27, 2022 16:44:40 GMT -5
A flying nuclear reactor. What could possibly go wrong?
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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 16:53:49 GMT -5
A flying nuclear reactor. What could possibly go wrong? It was tried before. Turns out that lead is not an ideal metal for aircraft applications. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H |
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Post by james on Jun 27, 2022 17:00:22 GMT -5
It's kind of like an early set-up scene in a blockbuster disaster movie. Perhaps my mind drifts to morbid thoughts a bit too easily.
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Post by david on Jun 27, 2022 17:09:04 GMT -5
A flying nuclear reactor. What could possibly go wrong? It was tried before. Turns out that lead is not an ideal metal for aircraft applications. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36HThat is crazy. Per Wikipedia, "The NB-36H completed 47 test flights and 215 hours of flight time (during 89 of which the reactor was operated) between September 17, 1955, and March 1957[13] over New Mexico and Texas. The test flights revealed, that with the shielding used, the crew would not be endangered by radiation from the reactor, including with low-altitude flights, but that there was a risk of radioactive contamination in the event of an accident." I don't think that the danger of radioactive contamination was as well known back then. Thank goodness the program was scrapped. |
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Post by Marty on Jun 27, 2022 17:12:40 GMT -5
Just like this.  And to get aboard you'll need....  |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 17:28:38 GMT -5
Then there was the Ekranoplans!
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Post by gbacklin on Jun 27, 2022 17:33:00 GMT -5
How many Legos to make one? This one is under 700 Lego |
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Post by millring on Jun 27, 2022 17:35:22 GMT -5
oh the humanity.
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Post by Marty on Jun 27, 2022 17:54:55 GMT -5
How many Legos to make one? This one is under 700 Lego But it doesn't have a Golf Course. |
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Post by millring on Jun 27, 2022 20:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by John B on Jun 27, 2022 20:29:17 GMT -5
I had a client whose hobby was flying an ultralight plane. Actually, his estate was my client, as that's how he died. |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 27, 2022 20:30:07 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 27, 2022 21:36:33 GMT -5
Long story, but I found myself in the home of a person who is into building and flying model planes. They all looked like a plane to me, but this one made me go "Hmmm".  I asked if that was modeled after a real plane. He said yes, gave me a story that I can't remember, and says the model flies funny enough he'd can't imagine going up in a real one. Any of you plane enthusiasts know what this thing is? I wonder if anyone has seen one like this before. |
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Post by Marty on Jun 27, 2022 22:59:02 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Jun 28, 2022 0:43:40 GMT -5
Long story, but I found myself in the home of a person who is into building and flying model planes. They all looked like a plane to me, ... Planes, bikes, and guitars. On the one hand they can seem pretty similar, on the other, small differences can be very significant. |
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Post by gbacklin on Jun 28, 2022 3:02:56 GMT -5
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