kontiki wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
kontiki wrote in news:kZFvj.4711$Sa1.756
@news02.roc.ny:

William Hung wrote:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJOS2VWaPU

I poste this video in RAH, thn thought some in RAP might find it
iteresing. That second plane looks a lot like the bumblebee, maybe
even smaller. Would any of you fly it?

Wil
I do love those old 1950's era newsreels, especially about
aviation. They seem so full of optimism and enthusiasm for
general aviation... there seemed to be so much promise.
Sort of bittersweet to see not only how far we've come but
what it cost. Today its Big Green Government... they've
taken over every free endeavor including general aviation.

"If you can't tax it then regulate it, if you can't regulate it
then file a lawsuit against it."


Nah, there's more going on in GA than there has been for years.
LSA's, high performance machines like the RVs, and homebuilts in
space!

Bertie

maybe, but its not really promoted in the media.

And thank god for that!

And Lord help
you if somebody gets hurt, theres an army of lawyers waiting
to cash in.

True.. I know exaclty what you mean about the enthusiasm and the feeling
that there was in those days, though. In the thirties pilots ( famous
ones) were like rock stars. Every minute of every record setting flight
was followed by the world, the air races were packed and every schoolboy
knew the names and stats of every racer, pilot and airplane. In the
fifties all these new amazing contraptions were being built. Imagine,
less than twenty years between the Boeing 247 and the 707. Biplane
fighter to F102 as well. Vertical takeoff weirness of all description.
Cool.



Bertie