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1 posted on 05/22/2025 5:43:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
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AVIATION PING!....................


2 posted on 05/22/2025 5:43:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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This author too is an idiot.

False premise behind the concept and wings are too small.

The idea that this aircraft serves a military purpose is laughable.


3 posted on 05/22/2025 5:48:33 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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Stupid idea for today.


4 posted on 05/22/2025 5:50:41 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Red Badger

How long a runway would you need for that thing??


7 posted on 05/22/2025 5:52:05 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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More useless spending.


10 posted on 05/22/2025 5:53:56 AM PDT by chuckb87
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Maybe this thing was designed to destroy and move all the Wind Farms on land and sea...in order to

GET RID OF THEM SOMEHOW

PLEASE GOD LET IT BE SO, AS REDICULOUS AS IT SOUNDS


14 posted on 05/22/2025 6:03:43 AM PDT by Maris Crane (Q)
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Now I’ve heard of everything…a fossil fuel gobbling gigantic jet to carry “giga-wind” wind turbines blades to save the earth from the destruction of fossil fuels.


15 posted on 05/22/2025 6:05:37 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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I nominate this as the most poorly worded headline today.


16 posted on 05/22/2025 6:06:28 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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How do you fit a 328 foot blade in a plane that’s 300 feet long?


17 posted on 05/22/2025 6:11:43 AM PDT by ZOOKER
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Modified for drone carrier/flying missile frigate


19 posted on 05/22/2025 6:18:34 AM PDT by gnarledmaw (If you dont like my sense of humor, please let me know so I can laugh at you too.)
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From the article: One of the reasons for the DoD’s interest in Windrunner plane might be because of its ability to land on unpaved landing strips, as per the company’s claims.

"as per the company's claims..."

The 'company' didn't claim anything. Let the author cite the individual who claimed that aircraft will have the ability to land on unpaved landing strips, because it's complete fiction.

22 posted on 05/22/2025 6:31:13 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Is the inventor building the prototype in his garage? (Hey, the Wright brothers started small !)

“The good news is we have built the world’s biggest aircraft. The bad news is there is nowhere on Earth big enough to hangar it nor is there a runway long enough for it to take off and land. We are considering converting it into a shopping mall and adding waterslides off the wings. We are thinking outside the box.”


24 posted on 05/22/2025 6:35:28 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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OK we have guesstimate on 747 comparison. How much bigger than a C-5?


25 posted on 05/22/2025 6:35:37 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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Ah, they’ve found a use for the old out of use turbine blades? Drop them on the enemy? Better than stuffing them under the bed (putting them in old mines). More silliness.


27 posted on 05/22/2025 6:39:01 AM PDT by Irenic
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Spruce Goose II.


31 posted on 05/22/2025 7:30:48 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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