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Tricks of the 727
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llondel » Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:51 pm
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I came across this today, a video talking about features of the 727. No doubt old news to some on here, but interesting me. Includes the quote Let's...
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The military looked at the VC10 for HALO, jumping out of the cargo hold. In the simulation engine numbers 3&4 intake flows overtook the gravitational...
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Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:33 am
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NASA’s X-59 “quiet” supersonic aircraft ready for testing
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:31 pm
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NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights
Oh for the glory days of travel, when the seats were bigger, the food was better, and...
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Due to this configuration, the cockpit is located almost halfway down the length of the aircraft – and does not have a forward-facing window....
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Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:56 am
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Electric aeroplanes
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Alisoncc » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:48 am
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Just been reading some journalistic bumpf about electric aeroplanes. Nothing of any technical value, but the author seemed to intimate that we would...
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Just saw an ad featuring this company and aircraft, sponsored, I think, by DHL.
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:00 am
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Flying Car
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:04 pm
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Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities
London (CNN Business)A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two...
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$170,000 flying car created in Oregon takes off on first successful flight
Samson Sky's CEO said his Prineville company has been working on...
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Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:43 pm
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Last post by OneHungLow
Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:59 am
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World's Fastest Single Engine Turboprop!
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OneHungLow » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:31 pm
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Overpowered?
Trouble with hotrods is that they tend to want to kill you, and often do so.
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That depends... I'm guessing this is registered as an experimental and as such, the NTSB does not need to get involved. Unless I'm mistaken of...
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Last post by Archer
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:51 am
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New Blended-wing Body Design For USAF
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:50 pm
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Start-up gets $235 million from the Air Force for new plane prototype
JetZero officials argue that traditional planes are running out of ways to...
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More on JetZero BWB
JetZero: Is this new plane design the future of aviation?
The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in...
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Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:21 pm
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VTOL - Verbiage and Videos
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Mar 13, 2022 7:39 am
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The Yakovlev Yak-141
Cooperation with Lockheed
Following the announcement by the CIS on September 1991 that it could no longer fund...
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Read the article earlier this morning and found that my local library has an e-copy of the book. :-bd
Now on my too extensive reading list.
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:35 pm
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Airlines warn of 5G flight disruption
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Alisoncc » Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:56 am
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The 10 biggest US airlines have warned that the impending switch-on of 5G mobile phone services will cause major disruption to flights.
They said...
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Bring back the classic red call boxes They are awfully heavy to carry around, aren't they, and sometimes the wires are too short.
I saw one in NYC...
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Last post by llondel
Mon May 15, 2023 2:23 am
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Rocket and Jet Powered Cars.
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OneHungLow » Mon May 08, 2023 6:47 pm
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I was recently apt to wonder who were the first people to attach rocket engines or jet engines to their cars, prompted after rereading the Arizona...
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On the US dragster scene, the heyday of the rocket powered cars came to an end in the 70's due to the difficulty for the administrators of drag meets...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 am
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New Era of LTA
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:39 am
A new generation of airships is taking to the skies
See link for pics
CNN
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The smooth, white underbelly of the airborne whale sails across...
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Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:39 am
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Oil pipes etc
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Smeagol » Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:38 pm
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A fellow named Peter Zeihan does some nice presentations on the weaknesses of various energy sources. One item he points out is that if crude oil...
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With reference to the Ukraine war, I have held the view for a long time that the Ukrainian SF could simply pop a short distance over the border into...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:15 pm
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SpinLaunch...
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TheGreenAnger » Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:30 am
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I have watched the evolution of this technology and this company for some time now, and while I am intrigued, I doubt that the apparatus can be...
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I have this picture in my mind of some alien creature on some alien planet millions of years in the future being hit on the head by a weight trailing...
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Last post by OFSO
Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:21 pm
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The Traitorous 8
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:58 pm
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The story of the microchip, the CPU and the rise and plateauing of Intel.
The Rise
The 8.JPG
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I see that Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison!
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:20 am
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Backwards and forwards through time.
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TheGreenAnger » Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:23 am
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Light goes backwards in time
Physicists today claim that they reached 300 times the speed of light. But don't write off Einstein, and don't hold...
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Technically it is possible to travel faster than light, the problem is that mass becomes infinite at the speed of light and so it is impossible to...
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Last post by llondel
Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:27 am
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Spintronics and the 3D Quantum accelerometer.
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TheGreenAnger » Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:00 am
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Score another technical advance thanks to those whose intellects underwrote (and continue to underwrite) quantum theory and the worlds of quantum...
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Maybe this should have gone on the computer thread but as it focusses more on navigational computers probably it belongs here. Whatever the case It...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:03 pm
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Last post by VP959
Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:17 am
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Hover bike
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TheGreenAnger » Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:47 pm
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Interesting machine.
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Looks interesting (in-ground-effect) - shades of Caspian Sea Monster.
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Last post by G-CPTN
Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:00 am
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:25 am
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Sapphire Wire
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:11 pm
From fusion reactors to your internet connection, fiber-optic cables have a wide range of applications due to how efficiently they send data when...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:11 pm
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Heavy Lift Aircraft - Pregnant fish and hooded whales!
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:00 pm
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The loss of the Antonov An-225 to the barbarian Russians got me thinking about other heavy lift aircraft that represent extreme engineering, that...
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The Pregnant Guppy first flew on September 19, 1962, piloted by Jack Conroy and co-pilot Clay Lacy. Conroy was later to test fly the aircraft with...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:01 am
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Missiles.
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AtomKraft » Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:29 pm
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Always a tricky subject, for obvious reasons, yet fascinating for others.
The SeaSlug was a favourite, but hard to find footage.
Anyways, to top...
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Ilondel, that is illustrated in one of the two videos. In addition to manageable reentry vehicles some payload is displaced by counter measures...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:17 pm
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Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:53 am
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Wind Turbine De-Icing.
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barkingmad » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:17 pm
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December UK and freezing fog with a breeze is forecast for 03/12.
Does anyone know how the wind turbine ‘wings’ cope with icing conditions or do the...
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More mental detritus was affecting my small brain the other day as I panted up the hill on my bicycle then past the local wind farm.
We are...
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Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:45 pm
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Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:53 pm
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