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Mike Lechnar wrote in message ...
How did this secret information make it into the public domain? I've been a practicing Aircraft Performance Engineer for the past 26 years and have always tried to explain how airplanes fly by using the official public explanations regarding Bernoulli, airfoils and other such rot. Civilians just weren't ready for the truth. In fact, we generally don't speak about the magic directly. Most of our plans and estimates usually end with the phrase "and then a miracle happens". snip More credit should be given to the fart fairies. For, without their bean eating and gas production, no machine could power itself from the earth surface... and the turbine winder rounder gnomes that hide inside those socalled engine nacelles from the public with their serious kerosine drinking problems.. The leading edge leeries that give the extra little push that keeps the nose up.. oh the pain the pain |
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"George" wrote in message m... Mike Lechnar wrote in message ... How did this secret information make it into the public domain? I've been a practicing Aircraft Performance Engineer for the past 26 years and have always tried to explain how airplanes fly by using the official public explanations regarding Bernoulli, airfoils and other such rot. Civilians just weren't ready for the truth. In fact, we generally don't speak about the magic directly. Most of our plans and estimates usually end with the phrase "and then a miracle happens". snip More credit should be given to the fart fairies. For, without their bean eating and gas production, no machine could power itself from the earth surface... Fairies tend to less concerned with good and evil and make better dual use aircraft. |
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on Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:51:37 -0000, Sarah Hotdesking attempted to say ..... No. Lift Demons eat Thrust Pixies and their genietic material is incompatible so there are no hybrid Thrust Demons. I had heard that a Lift Pixie had been bred in Andora.... -- When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant. |
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Tank Fixer wrote in message nk.net...
In article , on Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:51:37 -0000, Sarah Hotdesking attempted to say ..... No. Lift Demons eat Thrust Pixies and their genietic material is incompatible so there are no hybrid Thrust Demons. I had heard that a Lift Pixie had been bred in Andora.... As always the Chinese seem to have been there first. Temple in his reduction of Needham down to 240 pages, The Genius of China, tells of one Ko Hung.."Someone asked the Master (Ko Hung) about the principles of mounting to dangerous heights and traveling into the vast inane. The Master said..some have made flying cars with wood from the inner part of the jujube tree, using ox leather straps fastened to returning blades so as to set the machine in motion. Others have the idea of making five snakes, six dragons and three oxen to meet the 'hard wind' and ride on it, not stopping until they have risen to a height of 40 li (about 65,000 feet). The the ch'i [emnation of the sky or perhaps wind] is extremely hard, so much so that it can overcome the strength of human beings. snip Take dragons, for example; when they first rise they go up using the clouds as steps, and after they attained a height of forty li then they rush forward effortlessly gliding." That jujube tree device sounds like the Osprey. It would seem we should investigate the possibility of renting/leasing/buying some of the Chinese dragons as insurance against Lift Pixie and Thrust Demon labour action. |
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Jack Linthicum wrote:
As always the Chinese seem to have been there first. Temple in his reduction of Needham down to 240 pages, The Genius of China, tells of one Ko Hung.."Someone asked the Master (Ko Hung) about the principles of mounting to dangerous heights and traveling into the vast inane. The Master said..some have made flying cars with wood from the inner part of the jujube tree, using ox leather straps fastened to returning blades so as to set the machine in motion. Others have the idea of Well, now that you've disclosed it, ox leather is the secret to the high performance of the Lockheed Blackbird, hence the name of the CIA project, OXCART. |
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"Jim Watt" wrote
Are Harriers equipped with sirens? No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. I'm also advised that control surfaces are really pixie playgrounds. Also to look out for the male water sheep which run around parts of the aircraft. -- Sarah H http://www.messybeast.com http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-site/aeth.htm Aethism - a religion for the 21st Century |
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Juergen Nieveler wrote:
Jim Watt wrote: Are Harriers equipped with sirens? Only the export versions. The british versions use Banshees... Which they lease from the Irish. George |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:49:02 GMT, Tank Fixer
wrote: In article , on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:11:26 -0000, Sarah Hotdesking attempted to say ..... "Jim Watt" wrote Are Harriers equipped with sirens? No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. Only on the Sea Harriers. I was thinking more of the under-sea harriers -- Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com |
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