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Aeromoto Reader
6/22/12 12:43 p.m.

Grtechguy PowerDork
6/22/12 1:34 p.m.

Grtechguy PowerDork
6/22/12 1:41 p.m.

Gasoline HalfDork
6/22/12 1:48 p.m.

Grtechguy PowerDork
6/22/12 1:48 p.m.

Conquest351 Dork
6/22/12 2:25 p.m.

Javelin wrote:
pinchvalve wrote:
friedgreencorrado wrote: I still don't know how they got away with it. Didn't piston-engined airliners have to fly down *in* the weather, instead of up over it?
Yes. Hence some of them crashing and the rest being scrapped. They also had limited range, but that was part of the fun. You would hop from San Fran to a series of tiny islands on your way to Japan. Each had a 5-Star hotel where you would stay and continue to receive white-glove service.
Problem solved:

Caspian Sea Monster!!! http://www.davidszondy.com/future/Flight/GEV.htm

93EXCivic UltimaDork
6/22/12 2:27 p.m.

Conquest351 wrote:
Javelin wrote:
pinchvalve wrote:
friedgreencorrado wrote: I still don't know how they got away with it. Didn't piston-engined airliners have to fly down *in* the weather, instead of up over it?
Yes. Hence some of them crashing and the rest being scrapped. They also had limited range, but that was part of the fun. You would hop from San Fran to a series of tiny islands on your way to Japan. Each had a 5-Star hotel where you would stay and continue to receive white-glove service.
Problem solved:
Caspian Sea Monster!!! http://www.davidszondy.com/future/Flight/GEV.htm

friedgreencorrado PowerDork
6/22/12 3:24 p.m.

93EXCivic wrote:

R/C Ekranoplan!

Ian F UberDork
6/22/12 3:25 p.m.

Appleseed wrote: Did someone say pagoda?

I probably built a 1/700 scale waterline model of that ship during my teens...

NGTD Dork
6/22/12 3:42 p.m.

Not in a million years would I do that job and I don't care what he makes.

What is even scarier - who is taking that photo!

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:

slantvaliant Dork
6/22/12 4:33 p.m.

Iranian Bavar 2 (aka Phalanx fodder):

paul HalfDork
6/22/12 4:37 p.m.

Woody UltimaDork
6/22/12 5:42 p.m.

Not my photo, but I stumbled upon this scene when I was riding my motorcycle in Maine one day.

It was creepy.

Sultan HalfDork
6/22/12 7:11 p.m.

No words will be needed yet you should know it is for sale in Kentucky.

wbjones UltraDork
6/22/12 7:42 p.m.

oldsaw wrote:
wbjones wrote: src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/clipper.jpg" />
I've always preferred my clippers with three masts. But with Larry Ellison-type money, I'd have my own island, too and a topsail schooner for running about: