Concorde RIP

Well that was sort of the point, however badly expressed. they're
also looking at a psossible engine refit for the fleet.

 

No, I disagree. Many do see them as a point of reference. Not
everybody, obviously.

I tend towards the "devil you know" theory here. Certainly than most
of the alternatives..

 

The Older Gentleman

Dunno, I'd say the decals may cause an argument. ;-)

 

http://www.luft46.com/jhart/jhsang-4.jpg

WooHoo!



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Blimey. I've seen pix of that thing before but still - blimey.

 

I so wish I could read the German ...

 

I know, the original point that was lost way way back at the start of
the thread was that I said something like "we don't push boundaries
like with the SR-71" and someone came back to say that they were glad
we weren't wasting money on the Cold War. I then tried to point out
that the vast majority of the money spent on the Cold War was on stuff
like the B-52, which didn't advance technology at all, so arguably now
we should be advancing even faster. But we're not.

Phew. Glad I got that off my chest ;o)

 

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:36:58 +0100, Andy Wegg

The Turbofan update? I thought they decided against that? At one
point RR were in the running, which is probably what scuppered it!

 

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:11:24 +0100, wrote:

I dunno, they do all that stuff with Executive Lounge, Limos and
stuff. But there's a difference between a small number of VIPs and a
large number of well-heeled business travellers, so I dunno either

 

Good grief.
Half-century old warhorses fitted with the results of a night's
skipraiding.

Why the 386? Is it supposedly tough and hardened, all that sort of
thing? I assume these are military versions and not old stock found on
ebay.

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Well, the MIL-STD-1553 Avionics bus was specified in the 70s - so 386s
are pretty dang up to date!

Ha. That's probably what the guy selling the stuff to the military
*said* they were, and what they *actually* are, neatly joined in one
sentence

<snip>

 

pete boyall

Found in a skip could be badged as a endurance test under extreme
conditions?

 

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:58:22 +0000 (UTC), Wizard

Thanks ...

"The pride of the US Air Force, ultramodern B2-Stealth bomber secret
into the 70' it years
flew already as German airplane strongholds GO 229 in the year 1945.
The wreck strongholds is until today in the USA to regard in Silver
Hill. "

I so wish I could read the German

 

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:03:24 +0000 (UTC),

Jack Northrop was stoogeing about in his prototype Flying Wing in the
1930s.

http://members.aol.com/aeronuta2afoto/n9m.html

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More like a case of the 386 being a very well known about CPU... bugs and
all.

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No, that's the Merkins.

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"Feature creep".

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Very vague recollection: before the B2 was revealed to the public,
somebody in the US published an advert for something, which involved a
supposed picture of the "new stealth bomber". They had a look at a few
Popular Science-type mags, then made a mock-up out of plywood and the
cabin of a Honda Civic, sprayed it matt black and photographed it. The
result was apparently convincing enough, and also enough like the real
thing, to provoke a (dead give-away) visit from the CIA...

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He might have been saying that they're just straight cylindrical tubes,
churned out by the yard. A bit of streamlining but no real
aerodynamics, eg area-ruling or something sleek and non-uniform like the
Piaggio Avanti.

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....and there'd be a few around to rob for spares. Plus, if we kept one
for Brenda, the French would find that national prestige demanded that
they have one for their president.

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