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POSTED BY: OUT2THEBLACK
UPDATED: Monday, September 27, 2010 20:48
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Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:17 AM

OUT2THEBLACK





http://www.flickr.com/photos/uoftengineering/5012780646/in/set-7215762
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It's all about doing the impossible...These must be Canadian Browncoats :




Dr. Paul MacCready would be proud...

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Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:30 AM

CHRISISALL


It's all special effects- like the Moon landing...


The laughing Chrisisall


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Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:39 AM

OUT2THEBLACK


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
It's all special effects- like the Moon landing...




Of course...Because nobody can build a plane with a wingspan over 100 feet , that weighs less than 100 pounds...

Is this what Spielberg is up to nowadays , since Kubrick is dead ?

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Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:50 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by out2theblack:
a plane with a wingspan over 100 feet , that weighs less than 100 pounds...


That's plane foolishness.


The laughing Chrisisall


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Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:27 PM

KWICKO

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I thought it was pretty awesome. It just goes to show that there are still plenty of innovations to come in aviation - it's just that lately, they're coming in the forms of energy efficiency!

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Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:34 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
I thought it was pretty awesome. It just goes to show that there are still plenty of innovations to come in aviation - it's just that lately, they're coming in the forms of energy efficiency!

YES we can.
Quote:



The modern definition of "socialist" is anyone who's winning an argument against a tea-bagger.


BIGLOL!!!!!


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Sunday, September 26, 2010 8:56 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!


I don't think it will catch on.


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Sunday, September 26, 2010 9:47 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Great Endeavour!


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Monday, September 27, 2010 1:50 PM

OUT2THEBLACK


Here's another still photo that I came across today :


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Monday, September 27, 2010 8:48 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!


A falcon flaps its wings and dives at 250 mph at 18 g's, outperforming every aircraft ever made.

God is so superior to puny humans.

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