wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (05/20/85)
<Hallooooooo! Pfft! Pfft! Halloooooo!> Is one of the sites for net.aviation down? Us aviators don't like anything "down." Anyway, traffic on this net has been nearly non-existent for two weeks. Yet I have recieved some mail regarding my last posting, so stuff is getting out to some places. Does anyone have the right scoop? Or do we need a sufficiently outragous topic to start conversation again? Like, "The USAAF should never have produced the Mustang, and should have lavished the money on a good fighter, like the P-39." Or, "forget the B-1- buy 10,000 C-172s equipped for aerial refueling." Not good enough? Ehhhh, your mother flies Culver Cadets... Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Eavahbuddy knows, Will, the Aeah Foace is jus' the Ahmy's heppers..."
rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge%CGL) (05/23/85)
In article <759@ssc-vax.UUCP> wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) writes: > >Is one of the sites for net.aviation down? Us aviators don't like anything >"down." Anyway, traffic on this net has been nearly non-existent for two >weeks. I was wondering too. Thanks, Ron. >Or do we need a sufficiently outragous topic to start conversation again? >Like, "The USAAF should never have produced the Mustang, and should have >lavished the money on a good fighter..." Agreed, they should have bought Spitfires. So, while on the subject of beautiful aircraft, what are the net nominations for "most beautiful aircraft"? Form does not always follow function, but some, like the Spitfire, Concorde, Voyager and almost any high performance sailplane, certainly qualify. Bob Langridge. rl@ucsfcgl (UUCP and ARPA).
beslove@osu-eddie.UUCP (Adam Beslove) (05/26/85)
> So, while on the subject of beautiful aircraft, what are the net nominations > for "most beautiful aircraft"? Form does not always follow function, but > some, like the Spitfire, Concorde, Voyager and almost any high performance > sailplane, certainly qualify. > > Bob Langridge. rl@ucsfcgl (UUCP and ARPA). Ok. Canards really get me hot. I like the Saab Viggen and the RAF *-EZE's. The B-1A is especially pretty, especially in cammie makeup! OOooooooo! The Concord is a real cuttie. How I love those fluffy spiraled contrails! The Shuttle doesn't really get me going. The Dynosaur program should not have been replaced by Mercury. We might have had some really sexy reusable space trucks. The Shuttle is cute the way a fat girl wearing a nice dress and lots of makeup is cute. It's a good try and we must laud it if we want to see any real improvement. Hell! The thing's just a refractory brick with refractory wings. :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey! Some of my friends fly for U.S. Air! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>Adam Beslove (c)1985 (aka Odious Verity) ====================================================================== (UUCP: ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!beslove) (CSNet: beslove@ohio-state) The world is my sandbox, (ARPA: beslove%ohio-state.csnet@CSNET-RELAY) humanity my playmates.
scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) (06/03/85)
In article <511@ucsfcgl.UUCP> rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP writes: >In article <759@ssc-vax.UUCP> wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) writes: >> >>Is one [...] produced the Mustang, and should have >>lavished the money on a good fighter..." > >Agreed, they should have bought Spitfires. > Nah, the problem with the Spit is no range (worth mentioning). What we should have done is reworked that A6M2 (Type 00) that we picked up, and made it more robust while keeping the LONG range and good handling. >So, while on the subject of beautiful aircraft, what are the net nominations >for "most beautiful aircraft"? Form does not always follow function, but >some, like the Spitfire, Concorde, Voyager and almost any high performance >sailplane, certainly qualify. OK, folks here's one that'll get the ball rolling (and fill my mailbox too). In my considered opinion the most beautiful A/C ever made is the Consolidated Catalina (PBY-4, PBY-5). My second choice is the prototype YB-26 (Martin Maruder, Baltimore Whore, or One a day in Tampa Bay), the production models had too many bumps, lumps and protrusions, and they took off those beautiful spinners. -- Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology) uucp: { {ihnp4, uiucdcs}!bradley, hao, trwrb}!cepu!scw ARPA: cepu!scw@ucla-cs location: N 34 3' 9.1" W 118 27' 4.3"
ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) (06/10/85)
In article <469@cepu.UUCP> scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) writes: >... >OK, folks here's one that'll get the ball rolling (and fill my mailbox too). > >In my considered opinion the most beautiful A/C ever made is the >Consolidated Catalina (PBY-4, PBY-5). ... Well, well, well!!! After all these years (16 as a CFI-AI) I finally find someone who not only knows what a Catalina is (PBY-4/5) but actually likes them! I can definitely second the nomination for the PBY Catalina as a very beautiful aircraft. But then I recognize I am prejudiced, particularly since my ambition in life is to outfit a Catalina as a mobile home, including lab and library, and investigate meteorological variations in the islands and continents of the world.