How aeroplanes really work
Like a greedy whoring mother who won't let her children play with the other kids in the street gravity had jealously kept mankind on the ground.
But with the correct application of houseflys and hamsters, mankind could finally escape gravity's sucking grasp.
NB. this is an early Sopwith Hamster - not to be confused with the later, heavier Sopwith Camel
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Like a greedy whoring mother who won't let her children play with the other kids in the street gravity had jealously kept mankind on the ground.
But with the correct application of houseflys and hamsters, mankind could finally escape gravity's sucking grasp.
NB. this is an early Sopwith Hamster - not to be confused with the later, heavier Sopwith Camel
From the How Stuff Really Works challenge. See all 182 entries (closed)
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Thanks for the explanation
Now I understand the Sopwith Pup as well.
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:25,
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Rather fine
though you've left me intensely curious as to the operation of both the Sopwith Pup and Camel, not to mention the DeHavilland Dragonfly...
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:25,
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They're all veh simple
For example the deHavilland Vampire is kept aloft by lots of vampire bats fastened with blu-tak and encouraged to fly very fast by the judicious application of the pilots blood to little strings just in front of their mouths.
Unfortunately the pilots would often fall unconscious through lack of blood and crash the plane. For this reason alone the Vampire was withdrawn from service
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:30,
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Unfortunately the pilots would often fall unconscious through lack of blood and crash the plane. For this reason alone the Vampire was withdrawn from service
hence
the introduction of the DeHavilland Vixen, and altogether more attractive proposition
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:41,
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That reminds me
I must book my next flight with Virgin Airlines.
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:44,
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It's amazing
what you can learn on B3ta. It's not a waste of time at all, despite what friends, relatives and employers might think.
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:41,
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the pilot
looks like one of the guys from the smash advert....
I used to have a book about them when I was younger, it was about the red one, and he ate strange stuff and playes this flute type thing out of his ear...
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 9:52,
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I used to have a book about them when I was younger, it was about the red one, and he ate strange stuff and playes this flute type thing out of his ear...
The pilot
is a smash robot.
I found them last month, eating a penguin
repost clicky.
posted when board was distinctly non-fluffy and it got (wrongly I'm sure) ignored
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Tue 6 Aug 2002, 10:03,
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I found them last month, eating a penguin
repost clicky.
posted when board was distinctly non-fluffy and it got (wrongly I'm sure) ignored