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Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 12:33:47 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 12:43:05 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 12:57:08 AM   
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Millenium Falcon!!

Hans on the left, Chewie on the right.....




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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 12:58:53 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 1:06:06 AM   
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No coincidence...

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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Millennium_Falcon

The original model for the Millennium Falcon was changed at the last minute because it too closely resembled the Eagle Transporter ships used in the Space: 1999 television series. The replacement is said to be based on a half-eaten hamburger next to an olive on a toothpick held by George Lucas, which led to staff at ILM refering to the Falcon as "the Porkburger" [34]. Ralph McQuarrie's original design was modified to become the Blockade Runner starship seen at the beginning of Episode IV, and the original design was also used for the diplomatic transport that brings Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Naboo at the beginning of Episode I.

The cockpit design of the Millennium Falcon is also heavily based on the design used in the famous B-29 Superfortress.[source?]


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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 1:32:29 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 2:02:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		My father said that the B-29 was a pretty comfortable plane to fly in compared to other bombers.  The engines were much quieter and the entire fuselage was presurized and fully heated so you could move around in shirt sleeves.

Boeing saw that the future of the company after the war lay in commercial travel and figured there would be a good market for an airliner derived from the B-29, so they got the government to pay for the development of some creature comforts they knew would be required for an airliner version.

Since the 1950s, Boeing has mostly broken even on military projects and made the bulk of their profit from commercial projects.

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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 2:45:13 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...159 - 12/7/2008 11:27:21 PM   
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A long time ago  I was fortunate enough to get into "FiFi" at a local airshow, I actual Sat in all three of these seats in Turn, the Sight for the guns was very cool.

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