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To: sparklite2
Gee, an 'observation dome'. We used to have those on the passenger trains....
(For those of us old enough to remember)
4 posted on 12/16/2015 3:31:17 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! I reallyRead it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/aviation/windspeed-skydeck-seats-on-top-of-aircraft/

How many can they install per plane and how much does it weaken the fuselage?


11 posted on 12/16/2015 3:36:01 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Fiddlstix

I remember riding on steam engine passenger trains in the forties. When the engine first started pulling, there was still slack in all the couplings. You could hear the snaps coming from cars nearer the engine as, one by one, their couplers pulled taut. Then, bang, you got yours, and began a slow roll. From some reason, diesels just start rolling.


13 posted on 12/16/2015 3:37:26 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: Fiddlstix

They still have them.............


15 posted on 12/16/2015 3:39:35 PM PST by Osage Orange (Some people are like clouds. When they go away, it's a brighter day.)
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To: Fiddlstix
Aircraft had them in the 1930s


44 posted on 12/16/2015 4:09:18 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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