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Company unveils airplane design with seats on top of aircraft
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| December 16, 2015
Posted on 12/16/2015 3:28:12 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: Riley
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:42:16 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Honor the Commandments because they're not suggestions; stop gambling on forgiveness.)
To: sparklite2
"Oh, look, mom. Another cloud." Man, you must be a ground pounder.
I'd pay double to ride in that seat.
No two clouds are the same, and they're all beautiful from the air.
Now, practical downsides:
1) That's a lot of additional drag (assuming more than one set of bubble seats) for aircraft that use computers to load only the fuel they need (plus reserves) to make a trip.
2) Since airliners almost always fly above the weather these seat would always be in the sunshine. Unbearable heat and sunburn would be issues (spoken as one who flies under a canopy - and uses a retractable shade).
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:42:55 PM PST
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: sparklite2
I remember the steam locomotives. There was stll a lot of them around back then. (I am a 40's kid too)
I loved those old steam trains!
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:48:48 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! I reallyRead it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: cripplecreek
Yep, no more after the firs bird strike!
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:49:27 PM PST
by
Mat_Helm
To: sparklite2
$8-$25million for
TWO SEATS??? oh yeah, the ROE on that will take, what...
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:50:02 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: sparklite2
Put a double 50 cal and have it rotate and I would upgrade every time.
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:50:39 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
To: sparklite2
It’d be the place to be for landings though.
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:52:08 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: sparklite2
And you could see Santa up close...
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:52:17 PM PST
by
PROCON
(It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea)
To: grobdriver
Yea would be amazing— seems like the practical problems may be too much-—
To: sparklite2
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:53:45 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
To: cripplecreek
Hey mom, is that a flock of......... ...goats?
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:54:28 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:57:13 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: sparklite2
$8 to 25 million apiece? What a bargain!
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:57:45 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: posterchild
Better would be 10 pm on a clear night on July 4th heading west
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:59:20 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: Ezekiel
My all time favorite Farside!
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:59:29 PM PST
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: sparklite2
My father was in the Coast Guard. When I was about six, he took me with him on a trip in a PBY Catalina when he had to do some work on another island from where we lived. The plane had the gun blisters on the side of the fuselage and I got to go up and sit in it for a good part of the flight. Coolest thing ever.
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posted on
12/16/2015 3:59:49 PM PST
by
Teotwawki
(For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
To: Bobalu; sparklite2
Just to show some scale with a human.
need two shoehorns and a bucket of grease to get in.
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posted on
12/16/2015 4:00:03 PM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
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posted on
12/16/2015 4:01:28 PM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
:)
And remember the real reason dinosaurs became extinct.
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posted on
12/16/2015 4:01:28 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Dalberg-Acton
I would rather be able to see the ground. Much more interesting.
= = = = = = = = = = = =
then you would probably have an interest in the belly turret on the WWII Bombers....
I was about 7 when the war ended and saw so many AF movies, I was convinced by 10 that I wanted to be a belly turret gunner. My uncle, USN Vet sort of informed me that a - you are THE target, b - any problem with landing gear etc and I also think he threw in if I knew where ANY liquid from ANY part of the plane would settle prior leaving the craft.
He was pretty much of a BS’er (in this case a realist) but I had no problem believing him and my next ‘great love’ for the Military was the USMC Dress Blues which I also NEVER wore, settling for the USN uniform.
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posted on
12/16/2015 4:02:12 PM PST
by
xrmusn
((6/98) Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice!!!)
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