Comments on: THIS PLANE BLOWS UP (Nov, 1958) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/17/this-plane-blows-up/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/17/this-plane-blows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1064848 Rick Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:51:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6738#comment-1064848 At first I thought that Goodyear had designed this to perhaps fulfill the dream of the 30s and 40s that everyone would have his own plane as well as a car by the latter half of the 20th century. Still, I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to buy one of these things. And then I noticed the military insignia on the fusilage in picture 3 on the bottom of the page. I wonder how much they got from the defense dept. to design this? Rick At first I thought that Goodyear had designed this to perhaps fulfill the dream of the 30s and 40s that everyone would have his own plane as well as a car by the latter half of the 20th century. Still, I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to buy one of these things. And then I noticed the military insignia on the fusilage in picture 3 on the bottom of the page. I wonder how much they got from the defense dept. to design this?

Rick

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/17/this-plane-blows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1064840 Jari Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:45:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6738#comment-1064840 Wiley Coyote + cactuses (cacti?) + this = hilarity. The headline says it all. An interesting idea, but as my bike's tire blows approx every 2-4 year, I wouldn't feel safe in this... Would it have an emergency patching kit and a pump as a standard, or would they be extra? Cheers:Jari Wiley Coyote + cactuses (cacti?) + this = hilarity. The headline says it all. An interesting idea, but as my bike’s tire blows approx every 2-4 year, I wouldn’t feel safe in this… Would it have an emergency patching kit and a pump as a standard, or would they be extra?

Cheers:Jari

]]> By: MrG http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/17/this-plane-blows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1064781 MrG Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:43:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6738#comment-1064781 During the Vietnam war the US designed an ejection seat that would inflate into a little jet-powered airplane. Alas I don't know the details or why they decided not to field it. Cheers, MrG, http://gvgpd.proboards.com During the Vietnam war the US designed an ejection seat that would inflate into a little jet-powered airplane. Alas I don’t know the details or why they decided not to field it. Cheers, MrG, http://gvgpd.proboards.com

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