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  • Steam Powered Aircraft

    How good is your history ? Any examples, anyone ? Clue - Boeing 707, think about it.
    RobB


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    There never was one was there?
    I thought they were too heavy

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    • #3
      Originally posted by RobinB
      How good is your history ? Any examples, anyone ? Clue - Boeing 707, think about it.
      Are you talking about water injection?
      Anybody can fly a round airplane....

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Sam at MAN
        There never was one was there?
        I thought they were too heavy
        Yes, there was one - the year was 1848 - clue - John S.............
        RobB

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          John Stringfellow?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by magic48
            John Stringfellow?
            yep, you got it - he built a steam powered flying machine, and demonstrated it with enough succes to be awarded a prize. But his machine could not carry the weight of a man. And the 707 ?
            RobB

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