Thread: Let the guessing take wings!
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09-03-2003 05:47 AM #1
Let the guessing take wings!
The old car post about wooden bodies triggered an aircraft memory.
Some may know that Ford got into the aircraft business in 1926. You didn't? Do a search on Ford Tri-motor and learn about it. But another automobile maker of high repute, and enviable style, also took a flyer, so to speak, at aircraft manufacturing. Instead of pursuing the passenger market, he was more interested in SPEED!!!! This aircraft was made of wood laminate, had two of the manufacturers engines, and was intended to go around 500 mph. Alas, we'll never know for sure if it could go that fast. Enormous circumstances prevented it from ever being flown. But the airframe still exists today. Can you name this beauty?
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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