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Post by perrykneeham on Sept 18, 2018 13:44:03 GMT
Seems about right. It probably speaks volumes about the scary Russian bear that they cant stop themselves being shot out of the sky by their own side, using their own kit, while the Israelis swan in and out at their leisure.
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Post by perrykneeham on Sept 28, 2018 13:38:12 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 21, 2019 7:23:20 GMT
"This week's Paris Airshow saw the launch of the world's first commercial all-electric passenger aircraft - albeit in prototype form. Israeli firm Eviation says the craft - called Alice - will carry nine passengers for up to 650 miles (1,040km) at 10,000ft (3,000m) at 276mph (440km/h). It is expected to enter service in 2022. Alice is an unconventional-looking craft: powered by three rear-facing pusher-propellers, one in the tail and two counter-rotating props at the wingtips to counter the effects of drag. It also has a flat lower fuselage to aid lift." www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48630656I call bullshit! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 7:27:14 GMT
They probably said that about the internal combustion engine.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 21, 2019 7:37:12 GMT
Oh, it's not the powerplant, more the platform. It's flimflam, isn't it? The head costermonger says that they haven't just designed a groovy-looking aircraft for the sake of it. Well, I dispute that. The proof's in the fact that the Cessna Caravan is already being converted.
I would say that they have cravenly saught the most eye-catching 1950s Jetsons design they could find. Has it flown yet? Nope. And yet they've got "orders" from another Israeli company.
Hey, I'm just playing the game on the thread which encourages bold predictions. I may be wrong, but this smacks of snake oil to me.
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Post by moggyonspeed on Jun 21, 2019 8:10:53 GMT
Second only to the IT sector perhaps, the aviation industry is replete with good ideas that didn't make it off the drawing board, let alone into the air.
Just do the maths on this thing: it will fly at 276 mph for up to 650 miles i.e. a transit time of about 2.5 hours, which a Cessna Citation can do in about 1.5. Then again, busy executive types who are perhaps the target market for this kind of thing want to get from A to B as quickly as possible, without worrying about their carbon wingprint or such stuff. Certainly Jonathan Wholemeal-Porridge-types who work for WWF might want to make a statement by using it, but the oil or automotive sectors? No chance.
Regardless, I wish them well and am willing to be proven wrong.
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Post by mids on Jun 21, 2019 8:56:39 GMT
I hope it crashes and they all die screaming. fify... |
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Post by flatandy on Jun 21, 2019 13:49:51 GMT
This is like that KLM concept plane that everyone's got very excited about, isn't it, or all those SCRAMjet stories about super-fast planes that just about to make the flight from LA to London a 3 hour hop? I guess it's a step up from that because there's a physical plane that actually exists, but I still have some serious doubts that it's ever going to be much more than a concept.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Jun 21, 2019 17:11:37 GMT
Andy:
"Nah. We really don't need to win. England, India and Oz have basically been guaranteed a spot in the final four since the tournament was designed. The entire group stage seems a bit of a waste apart from the fun of watching Bangladesh."
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Post by voice on Jun 21, 2019 17:20:24 GMT
wrong thread dear chap.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Jun 21, 2019 17:21:27 GMT
oh no it isn't Dear Boy
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Post by voice on Jun 21, 2019 17:22:58 GMT
oh yes, quite.
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 16, 2019 10:45:21 GMT
"A police officer has been killed while attending a reported burglary. PC Andrew Harper, of Thames Valley Police, died at about 23:30 BST on Thursday in Berkshire. Ten people aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody at various police stations across the area." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49368649So, I'm calling gyppos. My hunch is Romanian-types. |
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Post by whitewine on Aug 16, 2019 11:09:12 GMT
Well I am getting mixed messages on this, some reports say he was killed, hit by a car while on duty, and others making out he was murdered.
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Post by mids on Aug 16, 2019 12:01:04 GMT
You're getting mixed messages? Are these from your spirit guides?
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Post by whitewine on Aug 16, 2019 12:03:27 GMT
Yes, malarkey and hunch.
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Post by mids on Aug 16, 2019 17:35:13 GMT
"A police officer has been killed while attending a reported burglary. PC Andrew Harper, of Thames Valley Police, died at about 23:30 BST on Thursday in Berkshire. Ten people aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody at various police stations across the area." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49368649So, I'm calling gyppos. My hunch is Romanian-types. Or Irish. This is revealing. They'll all be related and mostly known to dibble as suspects in other burglaries and crimes so they knew exactly who to arrest when it a crime they couldn't just brush under the carpet. "Ten suspects – all male and aged between 13 and 30 – have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in police custody. They were arrested at a number of locations within an hour of the incident." |
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 16, 2019 17:50:49 GMT
How many bricks do you think we'd need to weight their sack?
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Post by wetkingcanute on Aug 16, 2019 17:56:06 GMT
I'm going with you on this Baloo
Excepting that I have no knowledge of the actually facts - my money's on Gyppos
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 16, 2019 17:58:04 GMT
Oh, don't worry about facts. Overrated.
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