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2023-08-12 Science & Technology

This time Concorde takes to the seas... the fastest airliner the world has ever seen is moved from its display in New York for a three-month restoration

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 According to Martin Caidin the prototype Zero fighter (Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen) was hauled in an ox cart the fifteen odd miles from the factory to the Naval base for testing ...well, whatever works, I guess.

Posted by magpie 2023-08-12 09:00|| 2023-08-12 09:00|| Front Page Top

#2 The aircraft carrier is Intrepid.

Could be Condorde is closer to Intrepid, than the reviewers are to Concorde.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-08-12 15:58|| 2023-08-12 15:58|| Front Page Top

#3 In a world where Chief Engineer Jiro
Needs oxen to transport his Zero
And has to make way
For Shimizu at play...
[honk honk honk]
"Arigatooo!"
"My hero!"

Posted by Ulairt Splat8222 2023-08-12 23:58|| 2023-08-12 23:58|| Front Page Top

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