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Confederate Flying Machine Will Rise Again at Auction
MSNBC ^
| September 13, 2011
| Jeremy Hsu
Posted on 09/14/2011 11:54:56 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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A guy tried to start the Confederate Air Force 100 years ahead of schedule.
To: Colonel Kangaroo
Somebody should try building one of these machines to see how they fly.
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:06:39 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Colonel Kangaroo; Jonty30
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:13:04 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Don't call me red.)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
A little late there Finley...
To: Colonel Kangaroo
“”What if planes had appeared above the wilderness when [Union general Ulysses S.] Grant began his campaign in the Shenandoah Valley?”
He would have bombed those damn yankee bluecoats back to the stone age?
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:21:35 AM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: Colonel Kangaroo; JoeProBono; Perdogg; SunkenCiv
Holy crap ! This guy was brilliant. That would've taken out the entire Yankee military in a matter of minutes.
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:40:52 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
The hot-air balloon existed at that time but was not used. I know the Confederates attempted to use submarines. Kind of gives a new twist to “the South shall rise again” doesn’t it?
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:43:21 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: HiTech RedNeck
The hot-air balloon existed at that time but was not used.It was used, tethered, to observe for artillery and to keep track of troop movements.
I know the Confederates attempted to use submarines.
Not only attempted, but sank the first enemy vessel sunk in battle with one. That the Hunley sank on the way home only kept them from doing it again.
Kind of gives a new twist to the South shall rise again doesnt it?
Yep!
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:48:46 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
That would’ve taken out the entire Yankee military in a matter of minutes.
True, but it would have meant the extermination of the
whales. It was a tough call but someone had to make it.
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posted on
09/15/2011 12:57:04 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: max americana
Grapeshot and elevated cannons?
Mythbusters should see if they can get one of these to fly...
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posted on
09/15/2011 1:09:24 AM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: Colonel Kangaroo
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posted on
09/15/2011 2:18:21 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: Jonty30
Somebody should try building one of these machines to see how they fly. I heartily agree. Some of Leonardo's machines have been built although, to my knowledge, not a flying machine. This Confederate flying machine might look like the time machine in the movie by the same name.
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posted on
09/15/2011 2:49:21 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
To: HiTech RedNeck
The hot-air balloon existed at that time but was not used. Balloons were used and aerial imagery was recorded.
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posted on
09/15/2011 2:50:40 AM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: BerryDingle
They doubled as barrage baloons as well. In fact, they were so effective that no strafing aircraft were used for the next 45 years. ;-)
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posted on
09/15/2011 3:40:14 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: tet68
The US maintained air superiority in Vietnam, but still lost thanks to the media and politicians.
I have a friend that was there during tet. Thanks for your service.
My grandfather was in the 7th ID during WWI and my dad was in the Navy during the Korean War.
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posted on
09/15/2011 3:59:10 AM PDT
by
MikeSteelBe
(Austrian Hitler was as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
An airplane with a steam engine was hardly a practical idea. Tethered balloons were used for observation during the Civil War.
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posted on
09/15/2011 4:29:22 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
One of my favorite books is “The Mysterious Island” by Jules Verne. It all started with a bunch of prisoners of war escaping in a balloon during the seige of Richmond. A storm blows them all the way to the pacific.
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posted on
09/15/2011 5:02:52 AM PDT
by
RadiationRomeo
(Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
To: Colonel Kangaroo; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie
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posted on
09/15/2011 5:53:26 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: fieldmarshaldj; Colonel Kangaroo
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posted on
09/15/2011 6:11:01 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
With the industrial superiority of the North over the South the introduction of flying machines would have turned out much the same as the introduction of ironclads during the war. The South had the first, but it didn’t do them any good, and they were overwhelmed in short order.
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posted on
09/15/2011 6:32:53 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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