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Tank Fixer wrote in message nk.net...
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. O I C 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. Correct Sheep do it all! it's the hydralic rams that move the moveable. |
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Sarah Hotdesking wrote:
"Jim Watt" wrote Are Harriers equipped with sirens? No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. Being a scientist, I am greatly interested in experimenting with water nymphs. Dave Schrader |
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Being a scientist, I am greatly interested in experimenting with water
nymphs. Yes, but then arent many of us pilots/scientists after nymphs and pixies in need of thrust. Ron Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4) |
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Yes, but then arent many of us pilots/scientists after nymphs and pixies in
need of thrust. Ron Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4) How about we revise that to mean there are those of us after nymphs and pixies See what happens when one imbibesin in libations and pixies. Ron Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4) |
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"Sarah Hotdesking" wrote in message ...
I received this today:- There are still people in this company who think we weigh aircraft to find out how much they weigh, not to calculate stresses. Of course we need to know how much the thing weighs. How are we ever going to know how many Thrust Pixies we need to get the thing off the ground if we don't know the weight? Or should that be "Lift Demons"? Pixies have largely fallen into disrepute - something about Bernoulli not being representative in unbounded conditions and cause and effect being transposed in the Newtonian model. In fact the use of Lift Demons on civil aircraft programmes is generally not that good an idea. The Demon binding contract tends to specify payment in blood or souls. This is readily achievable with aircraft of military function, but frowned upon in civilian circles as they may attempt to acquire payment outside of the terms of their binding contract. Lift Demons are not used on Elf bombers. We don't talk about Lift Pixies too often as it seems to upset the self-loading cargo. Pixies require payment in cakes, flowers or nice thoughts. These are readily sourced either from the in-flight catering, or provided cost-free by the passengers. Clearly this would not work well within an operational military environment. Air force cooking is not renowned for the "light and fluffy texture" that Thrust Pixies demand, the availability of flowers might be problematic in desert operations, and nice thoughts may also be hard to find during times of active operations. There is also a scalability issue. While one rampant Lift Demon would have few problems supporting a fighter aircraft (particularly if there is an immediate prospect of blood), it'll struggle to achieve level controlled flight of a 560tonne Airbus A380. Use of more than one Lift Demon on the same flight vehicle is contra-indicated (they squabble and eat each other). Communities of Thrust Pixies can be encouraged to work together on the same aircraft by the provision of advanced technologies such as Lemon fondant icing, variegated tulips or in-flight romantic comedies. Ryanair once requested Leprachauns be installed in place of Lift Pixies, but leprechauns have a mission statement which indicates their desire for monetary gain, and their willingness to search all over the world for it. This makes Lift Leprechauns expensive to keep (gold vs lemon fondant icing), and makes it difficult to establish a regular route network as the Lift Leprechauns don't like to continuously visit the same locations. By law, aircraft also have to have a full complement of In-Flight Gremlins, but these are generally not a problem unless you feed the Wingtip Vortex Faeries after midnight. http://www.bewilderingstories.com/special/cyrano0.html Perhaps the Lift Pixies live in dew, example: But Cyrano wrote for a larger audience. He wrote much flashier stuff. It took the hero of his book, Voyage to the Moon, several attempts to get there. And what means he used! He surrounded his body with glasses of morning dew. When the sun drew the water up, it drew him with it. A group of soldiers tied their ordnance to his flying machine and, like a modern rocket, it rose into the sky. As yet, Cyrano has not had a chance to get a word in edgewise, let alone evince any surprise that Earth-Moon traffic has been as heavy as Elijah seems to suggest. But he must be taking notes on propulsion systems. Almost all the classical elements — earth, air, fire and water — have been used in one way or another so far. To recapitulate: Fi Enoch uses the Heaven-bound smoke from his sacrifice. (This might also qualify as hot air.) Cyrano is launched from Quebec by rockets. Water: Cyrano uses water for flight, namely the dew in the flasks that carry him from France to Canada. The Ark, carried by the Flood, takes Achab to the Moon. Earth: The Moon's attraction of Cyrano's beef-marrow ointment may, at a stretch, count as a use of dirt mode. Air: Enoch's robe serves as a parachute. Adam and Eve use levitation for flight. (This seems to be a special case.) and "Next I had a very light iron chariot constructed. In a few months, when all my devices were complete, I climbed onto my worthy chariot. You may ask what it was all for. Well, the angel had told me in my dream that if I wanted to acquire the perfect knowledge I desired, I would have to go to the Moon. There I would find Adam's paradise and the Tree of Knowledge. As soon as I had tasted its fruit, my mind would be enlightened with all the truths a person could know. That is the voyage for which I built my chariot. "Finally, I climbed aboard and, when I was securely settled on the seat, I tossed the magnetic ball high into the air. The chariot I had built was more massive in the middle than at the ends; it was perfectly balanced because the middle rose faster than the extremities. When I had risen to the point that the magnet was drawing me to, I seized the magnetic ball and tossed it into the air again." The scientific world has progressed very little since the 17th Century, the only expansion seems to be budgetary. |
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"Dave Schrader" wrote in message
... Sarah Hotdesking wrote: "Jim Watt" wrote Are Harriers equipped with sirens? No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. Being a scientist, I am greatly interested in experimenting with water nymphs. Or water nymphos? A certain colleague has suggested the time is right to mention our diligent research into porcine aviation http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-aviation.html -- Sarah H |
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Pictures. We want pictures.
Les "Sarah Hotdesking" wrote in message ... "Dave Schrader" wrote in message ... Sarah Hotdesking wrote: A certain colleague has suggested the time is right to mention our diligent research into porcine aviation http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-aviation.html -- Sarah H |
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Porcine Aviation photo at
http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...aviation2.html Very few images exist as the shutter speed on most cameras just isn't fast enough to capture a flying pig in action - just get a blur as it zooms past. And of course there are nymph pictures at http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...clingfilm.html (wrapped against water damage ) "Les Matheson" wrote in message news:kgP0c.6098$fD2.5806@lakeread02... Pictures. We want pictures. Les "Sarah Hotdesking" wrote in message ... "Dave Schrader" wrote in message ... Sarah Hotdesking wrote: A certain colleague has suggested the time is right to mention our diligent research into porcine aviation http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-aviation.html -- Sarah H |
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:00:36 -0000, "Sarah Hotdesking"
wrote: "Dave Schrader" wrote in message ... Sarah Hotdesking wrote: "Jim Watt" wrote Are Harriers equipped with sirens? No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. Being a scientist, I am greatly interested in experimenting with water nymphs. Or water nymphos? A certain colleague has suggested the time is right to mention our diligent research into porcine aviation http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-aviation.html Theres evidence its already been achieved. http://www.gibinquirer.net/truth2.htm -- Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com |
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"Sarah Hotdesking" wrote:
:"Dave Schrader" wrote in message ... : Sarah Hotdesking wrote: : : "Jim Watt" wrote : : Are Harriers equipped with sirens? : : No - they are an ill-advised experiment in using water nymphs. : : Being a scientist, I am greatly interested in experimenting with water : nymphs. : :Or water nymphos? : :A certain colleague has suggested the time is right to mention our diligent :research into porcine aviation :http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk...-aviation.html Which brings us to the unofficial motto where I work: Let The Pigs Fly! -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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