Another view...Jet speeds on 1/8 the fuel, and a range of 4500 NM......Ben
Another view...Jet speeds on 1/8 the fuel, and a range of 4500 NM......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
" the Celera 500L runs at 18 to 25 miles-per-gallon fuel economy (compared to the 2-3 miles-per-gallon of a comparable jet aircraft)."
Not bad at all.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
I want to see where they hide the landing gear......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
Never mind, I found it...Looks like folding wingtip stabilizers too......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
No windows; no fun!
Btw, stuff it with the diamond encased nuclear waste batteries and you could fly forever.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
It's been around a while too......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
The YouTuber here, Sgt. Vittie, is someone I took exception with on one of his previous videos, and pretty much busted him for misinformation...Now he posts this new one about a supposed jet powered Boeing B-17...My research shows he was probably talking about the Pratt & Whitney T-34 engine, a turbo prop, not a jet engine, which was mounted in a B-17 used as a test bed by P&W...The aircraft had a strange history as it was later stored in a warehouse, damaged and rebuilt with parts of another B-17 to become a "flying museum" or warbird at airshows...It was destroyed in a fire on its final flight after landing...I'm going to post in the comments on this video, and see what replies I get......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
I'll offer the most unusual plane that I have flown in, the Ford (yes the same Ford) Trimotor. My wife and I took this short ride over Lake Erie on our honeymoon in 1967. They were still flying the daily mail at that time. As interesting as the motor configuration, the corrugated roofing covering the fuselage added another dynamic
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
The Ford tri-motor was a venerable machine and the transport of choice before the Douglas DC-3. I’ll bet there are still a few in service going on a century in continual use.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Similar to the TriMotor was the Junkers Ju-52, mass produced in WWII Germany ironically with a Pratt & Whitney designed engine, and used almost exclusively by Der Fuhrer as personal air transportation, even though better choices were available as previously pointed out by an unknown author......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
Messerschmidt Me 323
https://youtu.be/VEOL73jwfs4
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
"The only thing that we learn from torture is the depths of our own moral depravity"