Blended-wing Airliner

Jim Stewart wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
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Here's an interesting proposal from 1929 :

http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/BelGeddes.htm

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


And, appropriately, it was on the cover of popular mechanix or one of
those around the time it was designed.

I'd love to have flown it..


Did you see the crew list? A gymnast?


Cool.

I could even go and have a nap enroute.


Bertie



THE CREW
1 Captain
1 Mate
2 Navigators
2 Pilots
1 Chief Engineer
2 Engineers
7 Mechanics
2 Radio Operators
2 Electricians
4 Seamen
1 Purser
1 Cashier
2 Telephone Operators
2 Clerks
1 Stenographer
1 Librarian
1 Baggage Master
2 Baggage Men
1 Chief Steward
1 Chief Dining-Room Steward
2 Head Waiters
2 Wine Stewards
24 Waiters
7 Bus Boys
1 Chief Bar Steward
9 Bar Stewards
1 Chief Deck Steward
6 Deck Stewards
1 Chef,
6 Cooks,
2 Dishwashers,
24 Room Stewards,
16 Room Stewardesses.
1 Doctor ,
1 Nurse,
1 Gymnast,
1 Masseur,
1 Masseuse,
1 Barber,
1 Hairdresser,
1 Manicurist,
7 Musicians,
I Shop Attendant,
1 Children's Room Stewardess

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote

Cool.

I could even go and have a nap enroute.

Like that stops you, now? g

Do you get to access the net while in the cockpit?

That could explain all of the extra time you have to post, all of the time!
;-)
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote

Cool.

I could even go and have a nap enroute.

Like that stops you, now? g

Do you get to access the net while in the cockpit?

Nah, ACARS deletes flame posts.

That could explain all of the extra time you have to post, all of the
time! ;-)

Well, that would be one explanation....

Bertie

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:79f137ded6b56@uwe:

Here's an interesting proposal from 1929 :

http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/BelGeddes.htm

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


And, appropriately, it was on the cover of popular mechanix or one
of those around the time it was designed.

Can you imagine how many people it could carry with today's sardine can
seating?