Paul Allen and Burt Rutan to Build World's Largest Plane

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Paul Allen and Burt Rutan to Build World's Largest Plane

Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:03 pm

Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.
http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2011/12/13/ ... nto-space/

Nice! Wings longer than a football field. Awesome!

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Post by klr » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:10 pm

"... Wings longer than a football field" :think:

Dammit, I want solid dimensions! :cry:

Anyway, move over Spruce Goose.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:33 pm

A. C. Clarke predicted this?
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Post by klr » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:36 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:A. C. Clarke predicted this?
Clarke predicted a lot of things.

Anyway, I want dimensions and pics, either computer-generated or the real McCoy. :shiver:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:37 pm

Find the video "Black Sky".
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Post by klr » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:00 am

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Re: Paul Allen and Burt Rutan to Build World's Largest Plane

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:07 am

They keep pushing back the start of the Tri-Fokker replicas and I"m going to go out there and fuck somebody up.

Uh, not that Scaled Composites is doing anything of the sort. Or even has any plans to do so. Nope, not a bit.


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