SLAAKMAN -> RE: Splash Screens (6/1/2008 12:58:04 AM)
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My Devoted Disciple of Slaakery, Lord Froonp in a Betwixt Manner mused;[:'(] quote:
Why are you so focused on UFOs ? Why, you ponder? Why?? Isnt it obvious? Take this you fool and observe the glory again; [image]http://greyfalcon.us/pictures/ho229B.jpg[/image] quote:
These (flying wings) are not really representative of WW2. I beg to differ. They reflect the infinite mystery & visionary beauty of the creative process like no other icon from WWII. [:'(][:D] quote:
More, they led to virtualy nothing while others German UFOs led to a whole generation of Russians & US Jets after the war. I wouldnt call the B2 "virtually nothing"; [image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/B-2_Spirit_original.jpg/300px-B-2_Spirit_original.jpg[/image] [image]http://greyfalcon.us/restored/myPictures/horton_5.jpg[/image] In December, 1944, the German were still working on this strange aicraft, aiming at manufacturing a fighter-bomber equipped with Jumo jet engines. The end of the war in Europe prevented the Nazi from using the airplane against Allied targets. Had it been used to attack the United Kingdom (which at the time was getting early warnings of invading aircraft thanks to the recently invented radar), the Go 229 jet aircraft would have been totally invisible to the radar waves. The German engineers knew it and so they can be considered as the inventors of the stealth aircraft concept, which would later on be developped by the Americans. quote:
So why so much enthousiasm for these (the bottom one is really beautifull by the way) ? (Youve answered your own question....hehe) [:D] [sm=00000506.gif][sm=00000280.gif] Picture this, aircraft designs went from this; [image]http://www.aviation-history.com/spad/s7-1.jpg[/image] to this; [image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Messerschmitt_Me_262_Schwable.jpg/800px-Messerschmitt_Me_262_Schwable.jpg[/image] in less than a generation. The epic, majestic mystery staggers the imagination. [X(]
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