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hobbesmaster posted:There is no way jetpack guy is actually a guy in a jetpack. That of course leads to the question of what they're actually seeing. Wingsuit maybe? It doesn't quite fit though. The dullest option is that someone attached a dummy to a drone.
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Sagebrush posted:otoh this XF-85 is real and actually flew 
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Lord Stimperor posted:Aspects like these must tell a lot not only about the general state of an industry as it entered world war 2, but also about what these people prioritized and valued. I have no idea how this niche in history is called but I'd like to learn about it. Philosophy of industry? Different schools of logistics? Science and Technology Studies?
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Ardeem posted:It's a better Star Wars movie than Last Jedi or Rise of Skywalker, but A New Hope was a better remake of Dam Busters. 633 Squadron.
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Elviscat posted:The hobby balloons are aluminized mylar, I think, which is about the best thing ever for giving huge radar returns. It's all over, and I'm standing pretty In this dust that was a city
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Flying itself to Cuba.
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BalloonFish posted:I'm pretty sure the Tu-160 also had not only an onboard kitchenette for heating ration packs but seats with pneumatic 'massage' function to reduce crew fatigue on long missions. Those quotation marks make it sound like the Tu-160 offers happy endings.
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the milk machine posted:the US has never been a meritocracy, though for part of the 20th century it may have seemed that way for people in the right demographics As Michael Young said when he coined the term meritocracy, a meritocracy is just an oligarchy in formation.
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