New X-plane flies at Calif. air base

azn_132 · 07-27-07, 02:45 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/...nded_wing_body

Chock · 07-27-07, 08:17 AM

Wonder where they got that idea from...

http://www.warbirdforum.com/horten.htm

Chock

Oberon · 07-27-07, 09:37 AM

Looks like a B-2 and a DC-10 met up after a drunken night out, and the B-2 invited the DC-10 back for coffee at his place...

Good idea though

SUBMAN1 · 07-27-07, 10:00 AM

Well, if you've followed the program, the passngers don't get any windows either.

Each and every person will get an LCD with shich they can see outside. This has the added benefit of keeping passengers stupid in the event of an emergency, since the LCD's can just be shut off from the cockpit. Can't sue for anything that you can't see now can you?

-S

Jimbuna · 07-27-07, 10:06 AM

How about injury to the thought process passages ?

Chock · 07-27-07, 10:08 AM

I can see it now, there you are in seat 23A with your hair and clothes hanging up towards the cabin roof, while you struggle to cope with minus five G from an inverted spinning death dive, and in front of you the screen is displaying 'Think Happy Thoughts' in a nice friendly typeface, while it plays 'The Girl From Ipanema' to you, occasionally urging you to browse through the in-flight shopping magazine for a tacky pseudo-Rolex. In the distance you can vaguely hear; 'Whoop Whoop, Terrain, Whoop Whoop, Pull Up'.

Chock

SUBMAN1 · 07-27-07, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Chock

I can see it now, there you are in seat 23A with your hair and clothes hanging up towards the cabin roof, while you struggle to cope with minus five G from an inverted spinning death dive, and in front of you the screen is displaying 'Think Happy Thoughts' in a nice friendly typeface, while it plays 'The Girl From Ipanema' to you, occasionally urging you to browse through the in-flight shopping magazine for a tacky pseudo-Rolex. In the distance you can vaguely hear; 'Whoop Whoop, Terrain, Whoop Whoop, Pull Up'.

Chock

Yep - something like that. Too bad you can explain what was going on outside now can you? - supposing you survive.

geetrue · 07-27-07, 08:45 PM

I would like to see them make this X-plane into a ASW seaplane version.

Now that would be cool ...

XabbaRus · 07-28-07, 05:17 AM

I like it. This has been ongoing for sometime with Cranfield in the UK doing a lot of the study work in conjunction with MIT.

Jimbuna · 07-28-07, 06:19 AM

The truth is out there....does anyone know the url ?

Weigh-Man · 07-28-07, 08:20 AM

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Weigh-Man · 07-28-07, 08:23 AM

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bookworm_020 · 07-29-07, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Well, if you've followed the program, the passngers don't get any windows either.

Each and every person will get an LCD with shich they can see outside. This has the added benefit of keeping passengers stupid in the event of an emergency, since the LCD's can just be shut off from the cockpit. Can't sue for anything that you can't see now can you?

-S

Or it could quote chicken run and put on the screen "Put your head between your knees and kiss your bum goodbye!"

07-27-07, 02:45 AM	#1
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Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wonder where they got that idea from... http://www.warbirdforum.com/horten.htm Chock __________________

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, if you've followed the program, the passngers don't get any windows either. Each and every person will get an LCD with shich they can see outside. This has the added benefit of keeping passengers stupid in the event of an emergency, since the LCD's can just be shut off from the cockpit. Can't sue for anything that you can't see now can you? -S __________________

07-27-07, 10:06 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	How about injury to the thought process passages ? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-27-07, 10:08 AM	#6
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can see it now, there you are in seat 23A with your hair and clothes hanging up towards the cabin roof, while you struggle to cope with minus five G from an inverted spinning death dive, and in front of you the screen is displaying 'Think Happy Thoughts' in a nice friendly typeface, while it plays 'The Girl From Ipanema' to you, occasionally urging you to browse through the in-flight shopping magazine for a tacky pseudo-Rolex. In the distance you can vaguely hear; 'Whoop Whoop, Terrain, Whoop Whoop, Pull Up'. Chock __________________

07-27-07, 09:37 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Looks like a B-2 and a DC-10 met up after a drunken night out, and the B-2 invited the DC-10 back for coffee at his place... Good idea though

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geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I would like to see them make this X-plane into a ASW seaplane version. Now that would be cool ... __________________

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I like it. This has been ongoing for sometime with Cranfield in the UK doing a lot of the study work in conjunction with MIT. __________________

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