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Re: It never fails

SDT1 — 9/27/2001 12:30:38 PM (archived)

Hi Larry,

I actually imagine a company like Boeing could design a plane where the seats become capsules, jettison under the plane, and could float for several hours in the event of an emergency.

I am thinking of Wernher von Brauns ideas as portrayed in the Colliers article 'emergency'.

Granted it would cost a small fortune to design - implementation once production was underway would not be that expensive.

However, I would pay an extra fifty bucks per flight to fly with on one of those planes The Jetson's...ripped off von Brauns basic idea.

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I listened to Bush's speech in Chicago this morning - Larry J - 9/27/2001 5:48:47 PM
- Rube Goldberg solutions - FrankC - 9/27/2001 6:47:09 PM
  - It never fails - Larry J - 9/27/2001 7:18:20 PM
    - Re: It never fails - SDT1 - 9/27/2001 12:30:38 PM
      - They used ejection capsules on the B-58 and XB-70. - Larry J - 9/27/2001 2:30:19 PM
- Precautions - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2001 9:13:33 AM
  - Jump seats - FrankC - 9/27/2001 9:23:29 AM
    - Yeah. Geez....12 airplanes...(seriously creeped out) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2001 9:26:30 AM

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