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1 posted on 10/04/2011 5:10:33 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Nice glider.


2 posted on 10/04/2011 5:17:35 PM PDT by troy McClure
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To: lowbridge

—Most of the airplanes in the contest used electric engines—

I’ve never actually seen an electric “engine”. Must be pretty cool.


3 posted on 10/04/2011 5:17:56 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: lowbridge
The Taurus G4 airplane won the prize by flying 200 miles from Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif., in less than two hours.

The runner-up:


5 posted on 10/04/2011 5:21:46 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: lowbridge

But where do you find an extension cord that can reach that far?? LOL....


6 posted on 10/04/2011 5:23:25 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: lowbridge

A Spitfire would do that in 20 minutes.


7 posted on 10/04/2011 5:59:55 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (To punish a province let it be ruled by a professor Fredrick The Great paraphrased)
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To: lowbridge

The greenies are going to insist on wind power for the electricity. Hydroelectric is out of the question...it might harm some rare fish.


10 posted on 10/04/2011 8:33:23 PM PDT by Myrddin
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