Burt Rutan

"Bill Silvey" wrote...

I swear to god, every time Tarver posts, an idiot moves up one rung on the
intelligence ladder, Tarver having given up his current position.

"Modern aircraft are electric."

And to think all these years the USAF, USMC, ANG, Army Aviation, USN and
others had been worried about *fuel*! Why if they'd just purchased
*batteries* everything would be fine!

Yeah, there's that minor "fuel" thang...

But I read somewhere about sumpthin called hydrastics or hydraulics or sumpthin
like that, and sumpthin about achewators or sumpthin by the ailerons and
elevators or escalators or sumpthin, that run by hydrastic fluids or sumpthin...

Oh! In anuther part of the book, I read about "air systems" that are INSIDE the
airplane! Not the air OUTSIDE the airplane, thet their flyin thru... Sumbody
sed the "air systems" run the flaps and reverse gear or sumpthin, and even the
air conditioning and the water faucet! Jus think! If yew could git the air to
run the air conditioner in a house, yew wouldn't hafta pay for electric air
conditioners in the windows!

I have an electric boat, but I haven't been on an electric airplane yet. I
gotta see one!