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Airbus wants to build 'shipping container' cabins that
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| November 11 2015
| Andrew Trotman
Posted on 11/27/2015 4:56:01 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: Covenantor
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:15:03 AM PST
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Not to mention the rattling that would happen in flight after a few hundred pod changes.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:17:13 AM PST
by
willyd
(I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
To: redfreedom
no, it wasn’t the DC3
I have conair on my mind but know that isn t right either.
it started with a C
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:26:24 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
To: Winniesboy
“...The plane faced mechanical issues forcing a delay of several hours, before passengers were finally allowed to de-pod.”
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:30:01 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Winniesboy
I seem to remember an oldy "aliens" movie from about the fifties about "pod people".
I recall it was said to be one of the two worst movies ever made.
Leni
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:38:34 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
("I will stand with the Muslims if the political winds shift in an ugly direction" - Barack ObaMao)
To: moovova
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:40:57 AM PST
by
Churchillspirit
(9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
To: Winniesboy
I can see arriving an additional 30 minutes early so they can load and preposition the pod.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:43:56 AM PST
by
Gritty
(The Barbarians Are Inside, And There Are No Gates. So screw the candlelight vigil. - Mark Steyn)
To: bert
**There is an older, simpler solution that has little effect on the air frame..... a rear door with steps descending to a lower level**
The DB Cooper door
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:44:22 AM PST
by
wrench
To: Paladin2
Perfect solution. The time saved would be monumental. Passengers would be very happy with this.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:45:21 AM PST
by
DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: hal ogen
Give passengers a Valium IV and stack them like cord wood. Thatâs the answer.Great! When you wake up with rug burns on your knees and elbows and your underwear on backwards you'll forget all about your lost luggage.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:46:11 AM PST
by
Blogatron
("Eyes Full of Rage")
To: bert
You are right, it could not have been a DC3 as it is a tail dragger. The one I recall had that stair case type steps coming down from the tail section.
I could be wrong, wouldn’t be the first time.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:51:52 AM PST
by
redfreedom
(Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
It is called the ABCCC in the C-130 world.
Actually that's not a bad idea. All airplanes could be designed as cargo hulls and the roll-on passenger modules could be configured in a myriad of ways. That would simplify airplane design and allow passengers to select their preferred level of comfort.
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posted on
11/27/2015 7:52:06 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: moovova
Cabin size looks about the same as on a normal plane. Why would this be more claustrophobic?
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:06:07 AM PST
by
Moltke
To: Winniesboy
Countless things could go wrong. I’ll stick to driving.
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:11:14 AM PST
by
bgill
( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Winniesboy
Just strip everyone naked and shove them into the cabin standing. Once they’re packed in nice and tight you can turn on the showers when airborne.
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:20:57 AM PST
by
sevlex
To: Popman
Its a great idea if the pod floats and has a chute.
To: Winniesboy
"Boeing has previously stated that cutting down an airplane's turnaround time by 10 minutes improve its utilisation level by 8.1pc.I call "BullSh!t." The math of that claim needs to be shown. If that person builds planes I ain't goin!
To: redfreedom
It came to me...... Convair
I couldn’t find a picture tho
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:33:19 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
To: C. Edmund Wright
Air busted is the best design? You bet. When I see them do a barrel roll with one of theirs then I will begin to believe.
Airbus has significant design errors in their control systems — thus the loss of several aircraft due to computer centric rather than pilot centric designs.
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:37:49 AM PST
by
wjr123
To: C. Edmund Wright
From my experience, Airbus jets are the best designed What exactly was that experience? How did you make this determination?
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posted on
11/27/2015 8:50:46 AM PST
by
OA5599
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