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  #21  
Old March 25th 21, 10:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Moshe Braner
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On 3/25/2021 12:55 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
kinsell wrote on 3/25/2021 9:24 AM:
On 3/25/21 8:28 AM, Richard Livingston wrote:
Both of those "concepts" show complete ignorance of aerodynamics.
Reminds me of my
grandmother who wanted to tell the pilot to fly low and slow, for
safety.Â* There are very good
reasons modern aircraft are all mono-planes turbofans that fly at
very high altitudes.Â* They are both
more energy efficient and safer.Â* Why would anyone want an airplane
that has to follow a track?

Rich L.


I know these do indeed look like April Fools jokes, but who would have
ever guessed that Caproni would build a nine-wing seaplane airliner
meant to cross the Atlantic with only eight refueling stops?Â* They
actually made one and a half test flights with that thing.

Here's a more detailed article on the three-wing job.Â* Through the
miracles of Photoshop, now they're flying with gear up:

https://paxex.aero/se-aeronautics-fever-dream/

This one has an actual author who is starting to apply a bit of
critical thinking.Â* Sounds like they're serious about this thing,
fishing around for $40-50 million in seed money, then angling for the
ever popular reverse acquisition with a Special Purpose Acquisition
Company to get the billions they'll need.Â* If they actually do go
public, a day one naked short sounds like a good bet to me.Â* First
flight in three years, you betcha.

Interesting that the one shot molding process forces a few
compromises, like no windows.Â* Does that include the cockpit too?

Seriously, am I the only one with an Android phone that keeps getting
this crap fed to them? When they've got nothing new, they recycle old
articles like how the Alice in Wonderland plane was the star of the
2019 Paris airshow, or how Norway is charging full speed ahead with
their all-electric airplane program.


The only mention I saw for windows was they are structurally
inefficient, and all passengers would get better outside views with
cameras outside and video screens on the inside. I'm for that, as
airline windows are small, limited in viewing area, and often hazy.


Or they can just stay home and watch the world on TV. Much cheaper and
saves the emissions. If they really want the full experience, they can
be served airline-type food while on the ground, as I gather some people
in some countries actually paid for during the pandemic.
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Old March 26th 21, 03:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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AS wrote on 3/25/2021 6:05 PM:

Dan, why are you yelling at me with that massive font? What did I ever do to you?
Herb


Dan - your font comes through at least twice the size than everybody's else' font.

Uli
'AS'

Dan is always the same size as everyone else on my computer. But maybe that's because my Usenet
server uses text only, no html. Are you reading RAS on Google?

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Old March 26th 21, 04:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:52:52 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
AS wrote on 3/25/2021 6:05 PM:

Dan, why are you yelling at me with that massive font? What did I ever do to you?
Herb


Dan - your font comes through at least twice the size than everybody's else' font.

Uli
'AS'

Dan is always the same size as everyone else on my computer. But maybe that's because my Usenet
server uses text only, no html. Are you reading RAS on Google?
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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1


Yes, I am using Google and Chrome as the browser.

Uli
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Old March 26th 21, 04:18 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
kinsell
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On 3/25/21 9:10 PM, AS wrote:
On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:52:52 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
AS wrote on 3/25/2021 6:05 PM:

Dan, why are you yelling at me with that massive font? What did I ever do to you?
Herb

Dan - your font comes through at least twice the size than everybody's else' font.

se
Uli
'AS'

Dan is always the same size as everyone else on my computer. But maybe that's because my Usenet
server uses text only, no html. Are you reading RAS on Google?
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1


Yes, I am using Google and Chrome as the browser.

Uli
'AS'


I use eternal-september as the server, with Thunderbird as the client.
I received it as both plain text and html in a multi-part message, and
yes there was some large text displayed.
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Old March 26th 21, 04:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Dan comes across with a similar verbal font in person.
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Old March 26th 21, 03:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Herbert kilian
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On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:34:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
Dan comes across with a similar verbal font in person.

Funny
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Old March 26th 21, 10:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Dňa Å¡tvrtok 25. marca 2021 oÂ*16:11:13 UTC+1 použÃ*vateľ Eric Greenwell napÃ*sal:
Mark Mocho wrote on 3/25/2021 7:27 AM:
About as aerodynamic as a brick.

No, it's about as aerodynamic as four bricks.

2,000 passengers? Following fixed routes where the track runs? Of course, all bridges, tunnels and power lines will have to be removed. No problem, apparently.

And if you wonder about the legalization of marijuana, this is a great example of all the "neat ideas" we are going to see. I think we're already seeing the results from repealing the Laws of Physics.

The concept came from a Russian design firm, so I doubt legal marijuana was involved :^)

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must have been lot of vodka then..
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Old March 27th 21, 03:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 3/25/21 9:29 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:11:09 -0700, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Mark Mocho wrote on 3/25/2021 7:27 AM:
About as aerodynamic as a brick.

No, it's about as aerodynamic as four bricks.

2,000 passengers? Following fixed routes where the track runs? Of
course, all bridges, tunnels and power lines will have to be removed.
No problem, apparently.

And if you wonder about the legalization of marijuana, this is a great
example of all the "neat ideas" we are going to see. I think we're
already seeing the results from repealing the Laws of Physics.

The concept came from a Russian design firm, so I doubt legal marijuana
was involved :^)


That explains it: vodka was involved (been there, done that with Russian
and Ukrainian friends).



Hopefully not both at the same time.

That Alice electro-thingy was named by the company's founders after a
night of hard drinking in a hangar, while blasting out some Jefferson
Airplane (ironic isn't it?). Some white rabbits and a ten foot tall
Alice were involved.

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Old March 27th 21, 04:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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😂

Thanks Mark.

I only use html so that I can occasionally _underline_ or /italicize/
things.Â* I didn't realize it would hurt anyone's feelings...Â* The font
showing on my Thunderbird reply is tiny.

Dan 5J
On 3/25/21 9:34 PM, Mark Mocho wrote:
Dan comes across with a similar verbal font in person.


 




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