Al
At 03:10 PM 12/18/2003, you wrote:
hey Folks,
Just remembering that another guy has the real credits about aviation innovations :) A Brasilian called albert Santos Dumont :)
And about that windy place, some people believe that without it, there were no flight :)
BR and HNY to all!
Courtnay > Al, > > If they were golfers I would be really impressed. > > Best of Holidays -- see you on the chat, > Jacques > > At 01:04 PM 12/18/2003 -0500, Al Taylor wrote: > >Tom, > >Another point I found very interesting was they hand carved the propellers > >and ended up at around 70% efficient, which is not far behi nd modern > >propellers. A point not mentioned was these guys were Ohio ans from Dayton > >and merely went to SC because of the steady winds. The des ign and > >construction was Ohio but windy SC got the flight. Merry C hristmas my > >friend and a healthy and prosperous new year. > > > >Al > > > >At 11:30 AM 12/18/2003, you wrote: > >>Jacques: > >>I tend to agree and was thinking about that last night whe n some of the > >>channels were showing related programs for the 100th anniv ersary of the > >>Wright's accomplishment. Like Jimmy Stewart playing Chas Lindburgh > >>flying for 38 hrs at 90mph with no autopilot or navigation and finding > >>Paris - or the really interesting one was the History Channel's show on > >>how the Wright Bros did what they did engineering wise on $1200 with no > >>college education and created a plane that flew vs Samuel Langley and > >>his team of formally trained engineers with their $70,000 in grants that > >>plopped off the top of a house boat into the Potomac! Tha t one made me > >>feel pretty good as I thought about our R&D work vs the OE MS!!!!! HA!! > >> > >> > >>Happy Holidays!! > >>TOM > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Jacques Intriere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:37 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > >> > >>Geez Tom, facts like that will make me drink even more on the plane. > >> > >>Thanks! > >>Jacques > >> > >>At 04:39 PM 12/17/2003 -0700, Tom Wishon wrote: > >> >JOHN: > >> > > >> >OK, I have always been fascinated by airplane technology so since you > >> >brought it up, I have to ask you - is it true that a 747 holds 47,000 > >> >gallons of fuel and do the wings actually "flex" 17 feet between > >>sitting > >> >on the ground and cruising at 585mph? Inquiring minds w ant to know!! > >> > > >> >TOM > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: John Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:47 PM > >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > >> > > >> >Ed > >> > > >> >Pretty interesting but I'm not sure if all if it is accu rate. Being an > >> >airplane jockey the only thing I know about is the aircr aft comparison. > >> >The > >> >"average" 747 engine produces about 36,000 horsepower an d consumes > >>about > >> >.9 > >> >gallon a second during the takeoff which is it's highest time of > >> >consumption. Interesting stuff though. > >> > > >> >John > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
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