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arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTurning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts saywww.nbcnews.comJolly Platypus@lemm.eeM to Trump Watch@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePhilipTheBucketAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThey actually did make something sort of like your Frankenstein creation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch Also, in other news, I had no idea what a behemoth the Spruce Goose had been. Bronze medal: Antonov An-225 Silver medal: HOWARD HUGHES AND A WHOLE CITY’S WORTH OF LUMBER YARDS AND A DREAM, WE USED TO BE ALIVE IN THIS COUNTRY
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes, I member the Stratolaunch! And the other wacky one, the flying wing, never got any of the huge concept (especially passenger) realised. YB-35/49 was basically the biggest (50m wingspan). Northrop_YB-49
minus-squarePhilipTheBucketAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWE USED TO SING SONGS, WE USED TO SEE VISIONS
They actually did make something sort of like your Frankenstein creation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
Also, in other news, I had no idea what a behemoth the Spruce Goose had been.
Yes, I member the Stratolaunch!
And the other wacky one, the flying wing, never got any of the huge concept (especially passenger) realised.
YB-35/49 was basically the biggest (50m wingspan).
Northrop_YB-49
WE USED TO SING SONGS, WE USED TO SEE VISIONS