Lost Prototype of The Passarola, 1709

[freebeard]

Y no flying carz?

The Knights Templar & Magnetic Airships (Lost Prototype of The Passarola, 1709)

A Portugal-Brazil conduit for R&D money, Pre-Montgolfier Bros but post-Vimana, vacuum for lift and magnetics for propulsion (sounds like today's tic-tacs).

What's not to like.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Y no flying carz?

A Portugal-Brazil conduit for R&D money, Pre-Montgolfier Bros but post-Vimana, vacuum for lift and magnetics for propulsion (sounds like today's tic-tacs).

What's not to like.

The fact that it couldn't ever work might dim some's enthusiasm.

[freebeard]

Good thing it's in the Unicorn Corral then.

The illustrations from 1709 may be speculative. Today's examples are smooth white spheres. That are used for loitering observation.

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