|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
Neil Gerace wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm Caught this one on El Reg as well. Congrats, Australia! (so, who wants to post the first "Australian Right Stuff" joke?) But, seriously...my wife and I have often discussed how cool a trip to Japan or Australia would be, except for the interminably long flight. ("Eleven hours in a tin can -- God, there's got to be a better way!" --the Who) My late Dad had a great story he loved telling about his flight across the Pacific and North America aboard a DC9 when he was being rotated home from Vietnam. Dad was a lean, wiry guy -- kind of like Pete Conrad, only an inch or two taller -- and still needed a shoehorn to get in and out of those goddamn' coach seats, and this was in 1968. But, three or four hours from WashDC to Tokyo -- now, that'd work for me, but only if there's more space per person than on that goddamn' DC9 we rode on our trip to Spain about six, seven years ago. Anyone who's ridden coach in the DC9 would understand why I like to call it the "Flying Slave Ship" (check out the seating diagram for that friggin' crate). My late Dad had a great story he loved telling about his flight across the Pacific and North America aboard a DC9 when he was being rotated home from Vietnam. Dad was a lean, wiry guy -- kind of like Pete Conrad, only an inch or two taller -- and still needed a shoehorn to get in and out of those goddamn' coach seats, and this was in 1968, the reputed Golden Age Of Legroom. -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. __________________________________________________ _____________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
mike flugennock wrote:
Neil Gerace wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm Caught this one on El Reg as well. Congrats, Australia! (so, who wants to post the first "Australian Right Stuff" joke?) But, seriously...my wife and I have often discussed how cool a trip to Japan or Australia would be, except for the interminably long flight. ("Eleven hours in a tin can -- God, there's got to be a better way!" --the Who) My late Dad had a great story he loved telling about his flight across the Pacific and North America aboard a DC9 when he was being rotated home from Vietnam. Dad was a lean, wiry guy -- kind of like Pete Conrad, only an inch or two taller -- and still needed a shoehorn to get in and out of those goddamn' coach seats, and this was in 1968. But, three or four hours from WashDC to Tokyo -- now, that'd work for me, but only if there's more space per person than on that goddamn' DC9 we rode on our trip to Spain about six, seven years ago. Anyone who's ridden coach in the DC9 would understand why I like to call it the "Flying Slave Ship" (check out the seating diagram for that friggin' crate). My late Dad had a great story he loved telling about his flight across the Pacific and North America aboard a DC9 when he was being rotated home from Vietnam... (accidental duplication of story of father's flight home deleted) Jayzus, I've got to stop posting at that hour of the night. -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. __________________________________________________ _____________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
Neil Gerace wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm Oh, I'd loved to have seen that honker impact if the scramjet kept adding thrust all the way to the ground. Pat |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
... Neil Gerace wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm Oh, I'd loved to have seen that honker impact if the scramjet kept adding thrust all the way to the ground. Well, it's probably still out there if you want to go and look. Just remember to drive around the N-bomb test sites :-) |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
Pat Flannery wrote:
Oh, I'd loved to have seen that honker impact if the scramjet kept adding thrust all the way to the ground. Pat Even without help from the scramjet, it makes a pretty nice lawn dart: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/press/displayimg.php?id=8125.001&zoom=1 warning: large image. More at http://www.uq.edu.au/news/press/press-gallery.php |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
"Mach 7 scramjet" tested at Woomera
Pat Flannery wrote:
Neil Gerace wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm Oh, I'd loved to have seen that honker impact if the scramjet kept adding thrust all the way to the ground. That's apparently what was happening, iirc. "Controlled flight into terrain", I believe the call it (as opposed to the Genesis probe). Oooohhhhh! Aaahhhhhh! -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. __________________________________________________ _____________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|