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Unfinished Business
When Like-Wise Minds Meet
By Paul Funk
7/14/2010
Unfinished Business

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MINI wishes happy birthday to Porsche 911
MINI | June 7th, 2013 by Horatiu Boeriu
MINI wishes happy birthday to Porsche 911

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I like the floating seats. cool idea for a car with low sills

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Originally Posted by RWebb

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?

Didn't he have a fleet of those cars given to him by his devoted followers?

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Because its a dark world out there:

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Originally Posted by bmcuscgr94

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?

Didn't he have a fleet of those cars given to him by his devoted followers?

Yup - I think that is supposed to be 'Osho' in the car. I've been told those are real Swiss Army pants too tho...

It just goes to show how a professor of philosophy can go wrong.

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Originally Posted by RWebb

Yup - I think that is supposed to be 'Osho' in the car. I've been told those are real Swiss Army pants too tho...

It just goes to show how a professor of philosophy can go wrong.

Had an encounter with a couple of his "recruiters" in college. A bit scary.

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I saw a Howard Hughes documentary over the weekend, learned some new things.

Hughes XF-11
Hughes XF-11 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Random Me: Hughes XF-11 1946





http://www.thexhunters.com/xpeditions/xf-11_aircraft.html

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Czech Master Resin 1/72 Hughes 1B Racer (double kit) model kit


Photos: Hughes H-1B (Replica) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net


Model Airplane News Cover for January, 1936




Hughes H-1 Racer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Considering the contemporary service aircraft were biplanes, Hughes fully 300px-Hughes_racer_(brightened).jpgexpected the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to embrace his aircraft's new design and make the H-1 the basis for a new generation of U.S. fighter aircraft. His efforts to "sell" the design were unsuccessful. In postwar testimony before the Senate, Hughes indicated that resistance to the innovative design was the basis for the USAAC rejection of the H-1: "I tried to sell that airplane to the Army but they turned it down because at that time the Army did not think a cantilever monoplane was proper for a pursuit ship..."[7]

Aviation historians have posited that the H-1 Racer may have inspired later radial engine fighters such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.[8] After the war, Hughes further claimed that "it was quite apparent to everyone that the Japanese Zero fighter had been copied from the Hughes H-1 Racer." He noted both the wing shape, the tail design and the general similarity of the Zero and his racer.[9][N 2] Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi Zero strongly denied the allegation of the Hughes H-1 influencing the design of the Japanese fighter aircraft.[10]

The Hughes H-1 Racer is featured in the 1940 RKO Radio Pictures movie: Men Against the Sky.[11]

Makes you wonder what kind of a fighter this would have made, perhaps a smaller target than the ME-109 (and the much later FW-190)?

EDIT: a disscussion on that topic:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/if-hughes-h-1-would-have-been-made-into-fighter-22708.html

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I am not sure anybody succeeded in turning a race plane INTO a fighter.

The Hughes used two different wings, one short one for speed and one long for the distance flight.

The aspect ratio of these wings tell me it could not make higher altitudes, reminds me of some of the Russian fighters more than the Zero.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Hughes-H1.html

Length: 27 ft
Wingspan: 31 ft 9 in
Height: 8 ft
Wing area: 138 ft²
Empty weight: 3,565 lb Loaded weight: 5,492 lb Powerplant: 1× Pratt &
Whitney R-1535 radial engine, 700 hp

Performance
Maximum speed: 352 mph Wing loading: 40 lb/ft² Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb

Maybe that drawing is not very accurate, or perhaps the H1 and 1B wings were quite different from each other. Altitude would not be a problem after all I suspect.

http://acepilots.com/pioneer/hughes.html

The Hughes H-1 influenced the design of high-performance aircraft for many years, with features such as:a close fitting engine cowling to reduce drag and improve cooling; aerodynamic wing fillets to stabilize airflow; retractable landing gear to reduce drag; flush rivets and joints; flat, counter-sunk screws on the plywood wings; ailerons designed to droop for better lift on take-off; a smoothly faired and enclosed cockpit; and an adjustable canopy windscreen for easy access. Radial engine World War II fighters including the F6F Hellcat, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the German FW 190 all incorporated design advances pioneered by the H-1.

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50 Shades Of Sukhoi

50 Shades Of Sukhoi
Posted by Bill Sweetman 8:18 PM on Nov 20, 2013

T-50-5, fifth development aircraft in Russia's stealth fighter program, has turned up at the Zhukovsky flight test center in a new two-tone blue-grey paint scheme.

Abductions, UFOs and Nuclear Weapons : Sukhoi PAK FA Pictures

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Originally Posted by RWebb

I'm in love!!!!! WOW! Is that real?

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