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My new favorite airframe:
H I Sutton - Covert Shores
Designed to be launched from a French submarine.
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06-25-2021, 05:11 PM
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aviationhumor.net: Experimental air-ambulance version of the P-38
Air travel with a view! 
I'd like to see one of these (rarities) with four open wheels on the Salt Flats.
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06-25-2021, 11:41 PM
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Aerodynamic coffins?
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06-26-2021, 03:38 AM
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The're on what are normally bomb pylons so think of them as escape pods.
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06-26-2021, 10:50 AM
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From what I know, they used to be your favorite: drop fuel tanks with the drop option removed, a stretcher rack installed and a celestial observation window screwed on which provided egress. Field modification, used sparingly.
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06-26-2021, 09:51 PM
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Well, if the passengers survived the trip, I guess they would arrive deaf anyway...
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06-28-2021, 10:18 AM
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Wouldn't be worse than what the pilot experienced, and nothing a set of those glorius headphones of the era wouldn't cure.
I suspect that the people they were to transport were semi concious and it would be an hour trip. >>>500 miles?
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06-29-2021, 02:32 PM
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06-29-2021, 08:57 PM
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There used to be tractor drag-racing events held in a city near the Brazil-Paraguay border, yet I'm unaware of much effort being directed to aerodynamics.
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06-30-2021, 03:39 AM
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That looks like a sprint-car wing, used for cars that run on quarter-mile dirt ovals. They are literally constantly turning left and skidding.
Odd to see it on a tractor-looking vehicle!
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