Futuristic hovercraft, they put wings on it and it flys.

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A very good friend of mine was the pilot of the TBM. He is probably one of the most skilled, prudent, and consciencious (sp?) pilots I know, so it makes no sense that this happened. It was an absolutely tragic accident. The passenger of the RV died and the pilot walked away. The mixing of really small aircraft with really large aircraft on taxiways during the Oshkosh airshow is a real potential for this kind of thing to happen. I am surprised that it has not happened sooner. It is just friggin' tragic....

And the last I heard the EAA refuses to talk about doing things differently or requiring wing walkers for the bigger taildraggers in the future.

It was a shame what happened, and a bigger shame that the EAA is not doing anything to prevent it from happening again.

Joe

How did that happen? No brakes? No visual?

Random


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Only if you install XM Radio on it first.

Was this one of the Bodine brothers? It kind of reminds me of the Indy car wreck in May of 1995 with Stan Fox.
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Oshkosh accident... Can't say what happened for sure since the hearing has not occured yet. I will speculate - from what I understand is that the RV was cleared in front of the TBM at some point and he never saw it. Taxied behind it for quite some time thinking he was following a high wing staying at a safe distance. The TBM does not "S-turn" really well, visibility is for ****, and the taxiway is not all that wide. Mix one of the smallest aircraft in front of that and you have a real potential for problems.

I just can't believe it happened to one of the most safety conscious pilots I have had the pleasure to fly with. He and I have spent many hours in tight formation (even formation acro) and I am 100% comfortable with him on my wing or vice-versa. Unbelieveable...

Sorry for the slight off topic. Carry on.

I remember seeing this ad in comic books in the late 60's and early 70's. I wonder if anyone ever got one. I always thought that it was most likely made of cardboard and was not water worthy. I wonder if you could find one on ebay or in an antique store.

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Randy

Today, that ad would be at least 50% legal disclaimers. 'Not intended for submersion... drowning danger... possibility of injury or death...'

sweet i always wanted a nuclear sub! it even comes with rockets

nuke sub
 

I remember that submarine ad like it was just yesterday. The only problem is that I can't remember the real yesterday!:confused:

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one for mike
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Last Tuesday.....

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More pictures - book covers this time.

Link:
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GRAPHIC WARNING: do not scroll down to:

" Two Girls, Two Catamarans

by James Wharram"

;)

Or this one on page 12:
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Big-picture book of Kon-Tiki was one of my fav's as a child.

There's a guy locally with a cat for sale.
I don't know @%# about operating them, but for some reason it's really starting to interest me...