Mammoth Flying Swing to Give Bird’s Eye Pyramid View (Jun, 1931)
I’m sure this is just as the pharaohs intended.
Mammoth Flying Swing to Give Bird’s Eye Pyramid View
Mammoth flying swings erected atop the pyramids, when Egyptian government’s consent is obtained, is amazing project planned by engineers to give tourists a thrilling bird’s eye view of the huge desert structures.
Art Williamson, where ever you are now, this was “sick art”.
Comment by William Deering — January 7, 2010 @ 2:37 pm
Without a doubt, the dumbest idea I have seen in years…
Comment by Pwilliam56 — January 7, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
Brilliant! Maybe they could be franchised out for other monuments, also. How about one on the Eifel Tower?
Rick
Comment by rick — January 7, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
I really like the idea of being swung out hundreds of feet in a large, heavy car attached to a 4500 year old structure.
Comment by Tim — January 7, 2010 @ 7:48 pm
Tim–You put that perfectly!!
And why on earth were they expecting that the Egytian government would consent to such an idiotic thing?
God, I love this site!
addie B)
Comment by addie — January 7, 2010 @ 8:19 pm
Where were they going to get power for the electric motor?
Comment by Rick Auricchio — January 8, 2010 @ 12:18 am
Rick Auricchio: I’m sure they were going to figure that out once they got their approval from the Egyptian government.
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 8, 2010 @ 12:20 am
It worked everywhere else they tried it.
Comment by Repack Rider — January 8, 2010 @ 1:39 am
I just sent a link to this article to Dr Zahi Hawass- maybe it’s not too late to get this built!
Everyone cross whatever part of your anatomy you prefer for luck.
Comment by StanFlouride — January 8, 2010 @ 2:06 am
I always liked the birds eye view.
Comment by mike — January 8, 2010 @ 7:23 am
I dunno, I think it classes up the place. They could get power from the escalater they would need to install for the tourists to get up to the cars.
Comment by Myles — January 8, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
Great idea. Next, we’ll build a rollercoaster along the Great Wall of China.
Comment by Paul — January 8, 2010 @ 1:21 pm
Rick…
Actually, the Eiffel Tower seems a good candidate for this project.
There was a fancy dinner where the table and guests were lifted by a crane.
Comment by jayessell — January 8, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
hi jayessell “There was a fancy dinner where the table and guests were lifted by a crane.” I hope they were pretty well liquored up before they started to lift them up to the top.
Rick
Comment by rick — January 8, 2010 @ 2:48 pm
It may not be too late for this idea, it could be just the thing to jazz up the Luxor in Vegas
Comment by Neil Russell — January 8, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
I’d go for a Ferris wheel instead, could go higher and look just as swell.
Comment by hans — January 9, 2010 @ 9:51 am
“Where were they going to get power for the electric motor?”
Pyramid power? *Ba dum dum*. Thank you I’m here all night.
But seriously, what a wacky idea. You can swing around and get a great view of the pyramid, while the very machine you are on destroys it’s appearance.
Comment by hwertz — January 9, 2010 @ 3:23 pm
After reading this site for over a year I will agree that this is the worst idea I’ve seen here, even worse than dragging a homemade “submarine” (coffin) with a person in it behind a power boat with a rope, or using an open propeller to drive an ice raft. Great website!
Comment by Myles — January 9, 2010 @ 5:45 pm
Now that I think of it, the Aswan Dam provides hydroelectric power. One problem solved.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — January 10, 2010 @ 2:42 pm
Rick Auricchio: Yeah, but power generation didn’t start until 1967. Maybe there’s a big crank in the back so you can wind up a spring in the pyramid. That way it can also play music while it’s working!
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 10, 2010 @ 6:45 pm
Sick. The proposal is another phase that robs respect from a plundered tomb.
Comment by William Deering — January 11, 2010 @ 9:36 am
William Deering–
That needed to me articulated, but of course, if there was any real threat this thing could come to fruition, it would not be as funny to everyone around here because it would destroy the pyramid.
I still find the picture and idea that anyone took this seriously for even a minute, hysterical.
adds
Comment by addie — January 11, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
@William: You’re sending sentiments to a dead artist and overusing the word sick for an idea from 1931. Relax it was never built.
@Rick: Actually it’s becoming a very popular activity http://www.dinnerinthesky.com/
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 11, 2010 @ 12:36 pm
FB38:
Thanks for the “Dinner in the Sky” link.
I didn’t know it was a franchise!
Guests are tied down like jet pilots.
Also available for weddings.
(Don’t drop the rings!)
Comment by jayessell — January 11, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
Addie, Firebrand & all, you’re right on point. Many funerals of today are a celebration of life by prior request of the departed. Guess Art Williamson just bridged the gap for a departed pharaoh prior to Monty Python and Steve Martin’s King Tut. After all some were buried with their households and means for transportation for an eternal good time trip. Let’s Party!
Comment by William Deering — January 12, 2010 @ 8:17 am
Don’t they have one of these in Vegas?
Comment by Myno — January 15, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
Myno: No
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 16, 2010 @ 1:13 am
A several thousand year old gravesite with some idiot’s murderous, destructive, whirligig on top of it, in Vegas?
Myno–Is there some ride there or casino decoration that actually looks like this dopey thing out there? lol
Comment by addie — January 16, 2010 @ 10:44 am
addie: Switch to decaf!
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 16, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
Firebrand–jump off of a cliff
Comment by addie — January 16, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
addie: Oh, is that a ride in Las Vegas?????
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 16, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
Firebrand, you, so often have something to say that shows your lack of humour, your arrogance and your clear lack of brains.
A display that, as an adult, makes you very common and very boring. Or are you a child?
I am unsubscribing to this discussion because like with others, you have felt compelled to add your negativity,
Bee-otch.
addie B)
Comment by addie — January 16, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
addie: What discussion? You’re like some senior citizen sitting yelling at the TV (which is actually the microwave). For crying out loud it was a stupid idea from 1931.
Come on, you feel alright saying “some idiot’s murderous, destructive, whirligig on top of it” but I imply that you need to calm down and I’m a Bee-otch? That indicates someone willing to dish it out but can’t take it. How typical for someone who describes themselves as a “curmudgeon”. You think it’s so cute when you do it.
As far as you taking your leave, Oh please don’t throw me in that briar patch!
Now I’m gonna go cry after your calling me names……
Comment by Firebrand38 — January 16, 2010 @ 6:14 pm
Pardon my confusion, but aren’t the comments here supposed to address the theme-park-ride-on-the-pyramid idea rather than provide a forum for childish name calling?
Comment by zee — May 19, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
No reason they can’t do both.
Comment by Firebrand38 — May 19, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
This could probably work with the pyramid in Las Vegas. It would actually make sense there, although they don’t seem to adhere to the laws of physics. Egypt? No…
Comment by Chutesey — June 2, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
Chutesey: You mean like comment #15?
Comment by Firebrand38 — June 2, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
Did anyone else notice the mooring lines in the third picture?.How the heck did they think they could tie those?
Comment by Solospirit — July 31, 2010 @ 9:07 am
Too bad if you got a window facing away from the pyrmid, all you would see is sky.
Comment by darren — October 24, 2010 @ 11:10 pm
Has anyone else noticed the pyramid in the pictures appears to be a little on the small side? If you scale the pyramid against the size of the cars, then the pyramid appears to be about a fifth of its true size!!
Comment by Davo — August 18, 2011 @ 11:31 am