Al, Yeah, I often wondered why they couldn't find a spot along Lake Erie. Every time I go to Maumee Bay to play golf with my son it blows like hell...and it's not that far from Dayton. Maybe they needed a hill. No natural hills along Erie that I've seen...flat as a pancake. :-)
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > Tom, > Another point I found very interesting was they hand carved the propellers > and ended up at around 70% efficient, which is not far behind modern > propellers. A point not mentioned was these guys were Ohioans from Dayton > and merely went to SC because of the steady winds. The design and > construction was Ohio but windy SC got the flight. Merry Christmas my > friend and a healthy and prosperous new year. > > Al > > At 11:30 AM 12/18/2003, you wrote: > >Jacques: > >I tend to agree and was thinking about that last night when some of the > >channels were showing related programs for the 100th anniversary of the > >Wright's accomplishment. Like Jimmy Stewart playing Chas Lindburgh > >flying for 38 hrs at 90mph with no autopilot or navigation and finding > >Paris - or the really interesting one was the History Channel's show on > >how the Wright Bros did what they did engineering wise on $1200 with no > >college education and created a plane that flew vs Samuel Langley and > >his team of formally trained engineers with their $70,000 in grants that > >plopped off the top of a house boat into the Potomac! That one made me > >feel pretty good as I thought about our R&D work vs the OEMS!!!!! HA!! > > > > > >Happy Holidays!! > >TOM > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jacques Intriere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:37 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > > > >Geez Tom, facts like that will make me drink even more on the plane. > > > >Thanks! > >Jacques > > > >At 04:39 PM 12/17/2003 -0700, Tom Wishon wrote: > > >JOHN: > > > > > >OK, I have always been fascinated by airplane technology so since you > > >brought it up, I have to ask you - is it true that a 747 holds 47,000 > > >gallons of fuel and do the wings actually "flex" 17 feet between > >sitting > > >on the ground and cruising at 585mph? Inquiring minds want to know!! > > > > > >TOM > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: John Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:47 PM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > > > > > >Ed > > > > > >Pretty interesting but I'm not sure if all if it is accurate. Being an > > >airplane jockey the only thing I know about is the aircraft comparison. > > >The > > >"average" 747 engine produces about 36,000 horsepower and consumes > >about > > >.9 > > >gallon a second during the takeoff which is it's highest time of > > >consumption. Interesting stuff though. > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
