Twin-fuselage Airbus Airliner
06-27-2012, 09:19 PM
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Apparently Airbus doesn't think the A-380 is an ugly enough piece of crap. Man, that plane just doesn't look good from any angle I've seen it from - this thing is even worse!
06-28-2012, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by zondaracer
It would be a weird feeling trying to land it on the centerline while sitting close to the runway edge.
06-29-2012, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Meh, Han Solo pulls it off...
...I served with Han Solo, I knew Han Solo, Han Solo was a friend of mine. NoBrakes, you're no Han Solo.
Sorry, I just couldn't resist!
09-08-2012, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Looks like something Burt Rutan might have dreamed up. He is not a prisoner of conventional thinking. 
On the ground that thing would steer like a grocery cart.
09-08-2012, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorhead1026
Neither was Timothy Leary. Respectfully, I'd say he had more to do with this than Rutan.
On the ground that thing would steer like a grocery cart.
On the ground that thing would steer like a grocery cart.
BiPod to VariViggen - Rutan's First to Last - YouTube
Back in the '70s, he spoke at our Daedalians dinner and someone asked what material he used to build a wing. He said "bed sheets and honey".
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