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Are pilotless planes the future for domestic flights? Passengers could travel on hydrogen-powered aircraft across Britain within five years under government-backed plans
https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^
| 23 January 2021
| By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
Posted on 02/19/2021 12:37:01 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: kosciusko51
Thanks for posting, "What can go wrong!"
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posted on
02/19/2021 1:27:24 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(History, as we know it, is written by the winners not the losers! Who will be writing our history??)
To: RomanSoldier19
Didn't we already play a game of stuff falling from the sky?
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:09:34 PM PST
by
bgill
(Which came first, Covid-19 or Gates and Fauci's mRNA-1273 Moderna vax?)
To: kosciusko51
That worked out so well that they issued a set of postage stamps to memorialize the achievement:
As I recall, there were three of them in the series. But the above was the only one I was able to get when I was a boy over a half century ago . . . and the stamps were almost as old back then.
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:11:04 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: Regulator
“But humans are not going to ride in robot plane, will want Emergency Human up front.”
it’s been said that the main reason modern aircraft include a living human pilot onboard is that in the event of a catastrophic failure or accident, the living human pilot has HUGE incentive to try to save his own life ...
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:12:35 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
Now I understand why the stamps are so rare. They only sold less than 200,000 of them TOTAL and destroyed the rest. This was 1930, so only about 7% of the pricey stamps printed were sold. Just wow!
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:22:40 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: kosciusko51
They’d best keep those monstrosities over the ocean and run them like a giant UCAV cargo only. Second thought, don’t do anything. Go to the pub and have a pint and watch “Keeping Up Appearances”.
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:26:40 PM PST
by
Patriot777
("When you see these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.")
To: RomanSoldier19
It’s government backed. So it must be good.
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:43:36 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
To: kosciusko51
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:43:53 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Will they be running Windows XP?ONLY is they have 5.25" floppy discs
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:51:47 PM PST
by
DanZ
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To: RomanSoldier19
There is another term for pilotless airplanes...
...passengerless airplanes.
To: kosciusko51
Yup first thing I thought of.🙄
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:56:51 PM PST
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:58:13 PM PST
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
To: RomanSoldier19
Instead of worrying about highjackers, we’ll be worrying about highhackers.
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posted on
02/19/2021 3:39:03 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: Signalman
Nothing complex about the z-coordinate addition...
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posted on
02/19/2021 4:34:19 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: bgill
“Would you like to play a game?”
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posted on
02/19/2021 4:35:38 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: kosciusko51
I was going to say it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a really big explosion so why not? For us in the USSA, it’s been 20 years!
To: RomanSoldier19
"possibly using hydrogen as fuel making them environmentally friendly."This is either a bald faced lie, or the author is just incredibly stupid. Large quantities of hydrogen are made today out of fossil fuels. Making hydrogen from electrolyzing water it just too energy intensive to be commercially viable, and gives off just as much CO2 as burning it. There will not be enough wind turbines and solar panels in 10 years to do it then, either. Hydrogen is not an "environmentally friendly" fuel today, nor will it be so in a decade either.
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posted on
02/19/2021 7:33:10 PM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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