Comments on: Mammoth Flying Swing to Give Bird’s Eye Pyramid View (Jun, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Davo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1094512 Davo Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:31:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1094512 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!! 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!!

]]> By: darren http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1082130 darren Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:10:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1082130 Too bad if you got a window facing away from the pyrmid, all you would see is sky. Too bad if you got a window facing away from the pyrmid, all you would see is sky.

]]> By: Solospirit http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1079807 Solospirit Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:07:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1079807 Did anyone else notice the mooring lines in the third picture?.How the heck did they think they could tie those? :) Did anyone else notice the mooring lines in the third picture?.How the heck did they think they could tie those? :)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1078672 Firebrand38 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:33:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1078672 Chutesey: You mean like comment #15? Chutesey: You mean like comment #15?

]]> By: Chutesey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1078669 Chutesey Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:26:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1078669 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... 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…

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1078280 Firebrand38 Thu, 20 May 2010 03:26:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1078280 No reason they can't do both. No reason they can’t do both.

]]> By: zee http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1078279 zee Thu, 20 May 2010 03:20:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1078279 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? 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?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074798 Firebrand38 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:14:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074798 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...... 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……

]]> By: addie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074797 addie Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:25:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074797 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) 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)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074795 Firebrand38 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:58:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074795 addie: Oh, is <em>that</em> a ride in Las Vegas????? addie: Oh, is that a ride in Las Vegas?????

]]> By: addie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074794 addie Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:07:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074794 Firebrand--jump off of a cliff Firebrand–jump off of a cliff

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074793 Firebrand38 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:18:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074793 addie: Switch to decaf! addie: Switch to decaf!

]]> By: addie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074791 addie Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:44:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074791 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 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

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074780 Firebrand38 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:13:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074780 Myno: No Myno: No

]]> By: Myno http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074777 Myno Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:29:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074777 Don't they have one of these in Vegas? Don’t they have one of these in Vegas?

]]> By: William Deering http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074625 William Deering Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:17:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074625 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! 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!

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074617 jayessell Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:44:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074617 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!) 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!)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074606 Firebrand38 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:36:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074606 @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/ @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/

]]> By: addie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074605 addie Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:07:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074605 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 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

]]> By: William Deering http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074603 William Deering Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:36:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074603 Sick. The proposal is another phase that robs respect from a plundered tomb. Sick. The proposal is another phase that robs respect from a plundered tomb.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074581 Firebrand38 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:45:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074581 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! 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!

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074578 Rick Auricchio Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:42:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074578 Now that I think of it, the Aswan Dam provides hydroelectric power. One problem solved. Now that I think of it, the Aswan Dam provides hydroelectric power. One problem solved.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074561 Myles Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:45:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074561 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! 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!

]]> By: hwertz http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074558 hwertz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:23:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074558 "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. “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.

]]> By: hans http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074552 hans Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:51:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074552 I'd go for a Ferris wheel instead, could go higher and look just as swell. I’d go for a Ferris wheel instead, could go higher and look just as swell.

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074546 Neil Russell Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:08:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074546 It may not be too late for this idea, it could be just the thing to jazz up the Luxor in Vegas It may not be too late for this idea, it could be just the thing to jazz up the Luxor in Vegas

]]> By: rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074533 rick Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:48:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074533 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 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

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074531 jayessell Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:18:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074531 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. 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.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074529 Paul Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:21:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074529 Great idea. Next, we'll build a rollercoaster along the Great Wall of China. Great idea. Next, we’ll build a rollercoaster along the Great Wall of China.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/07/mammoth-flying-swing-to-give-birds-eye-pyramid-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1074527 Myles Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:13:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8781#comment-1074527 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. 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.

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