[Paul R.]

This reminds me of nothing so much as the “directions” Mad Magazine published many years ago on how to assemble a rocket to go into orbit, built with, among other things, scavenged vacuum cleaners...

It was almost as funny as their parody on chess: “Notice that the player on the left has been dead for 2 years.”

[MtnClimber]

I bet you could build a helicopter from a fishing reel and some geers.

[Paul R.]

I think I recalled that incorrectly - I think it was the full size “Mad” airliner that had vacuum cleaners as engines. I don’t remember what powered the rocket...