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YEAH! . . . So, what's next? = I say they should start doing Jetpack races just like they do Air Racing!!!
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Yeah, LOL, but I'm sure that if ya never really actually ~ put into words ~ what powers the thing folks won't bother themselves doing the work of researching the true specks. (Unbless one of us old farts goes and pops their bubbles. <evil grin>.) --- That pic I added to your Drone string was of the SHIELD Helicarrier from The Avengers. Notice how nobody seems to bother questioning its power source? = It must be Tekno-Magik, right? Surely NOBODY would need to use something as dangerous as NUCLEAR REACTORS to keep something that huge airborne 24/7, right? LOL . . . But WAY BACK In The Day I liked the Super Spy vs Super Spy (no spandex required! LOL) action of SHIELD with my old pal Sgt Fury become head of the organization. Naturally, us kids we wanted to know/ see EVERYTHING about his and other comic book super tech we could find, and the writers were more often than not happy to provide! ("Oh! So THAT's where the super-duper bunker/prison is hidden! UNDER The Reactor!!!" LOL) I seem to recall a drawing of SHIELD's city base and a flying ship both being nuclear powered. = Of Course it was NUCLEAR POWERED, ya just didn't question it. = Nuclear Power WAS our Tekno-Magik! . . . Today, I reckon, most folks would rather just believe in the "Magik" and feel better not knowing about the "Tekno" bits. . . . And They call themselves, "GEEKS"??? LOL?

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Greetings All,
Ron's post about DARPA's launch & recovery Gremlin Drone system got me thinking about some of those old composite aircraft designs. = Attempts at designing and building REAL Flying Aircraft Carriers & their Parasite Fighters. A couple that actually worked! . . . the rest, Not So Much. BUT all pretty darn interesting if ya like military X-Projects!?
AirVectors has a pretty good page full of info and images. =
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Of all the pages covering this topic on the web I thought it rather odd that they all seemed to skip over one of my favorite proposed US designs. = The Convair XAB-1 nuclear powered bomber with its two tail mounted parasite fighters. (Try and tell me THAT wouldn't have made for a FUN ride! LOL) In fact, one of the best pages I found on the XAB-1 was a page focused on Old Model Kits! --- Still, the info and images are pretty darn good, and the model kit info is darn interesting as well. =
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As to the Fictional Airborne Aircraft Carriers, Wiki has a pretty good list, but I seem to recall at least a couple of others from the old Pulp and Classic SF days that didn't make their list and I can't seem to pull out of the old grey-matter. Sorry. But, Hey! at least they all seemed to work better than the real prototypes! LOL
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Sad, but oh so true! LOL

Yeah, I thought that the Gremlin was suppose to be designed to self destruct after mission completion type of system. Must be more of those pesky caps on military spending that's got DARPA wanting to be able to bring them home instead. Hey, everybody is into recycling these days. (LOL) Still, it does sorta make sense. Those Little Birds are rather pricey, and being able to pluck them out of the air would save on landing gear weight that could be added to payload. --- I for one, would sure like to watch them pull a whole flock of them back onboard. Gotta be about as good as watching an In-Flight-Refueling. --- To, ya gotta admit, for how many ages have folks dreamed of REAL Flying Aircraft Carriers??? = One Step Closer!?
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In 1704 Isaac Newton postulated the idea that multiverses existed. But it takes a computer program to get today's eggheads to believe that such things might be possible. = What A World! LOL

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Pretty Cool! Mother Hen releasing and recovering a swarm of deadly chicks. --- I couldn't see fighters doing the retrieval phase, and I think that even carrying an armed gremlin might be a bit of a burden. Still, it sure could put an interesting edge on things.?I think that it's pretty neat how they are finally making an idea that they tried back in the 60s with the Lockheed D-21 launched from the back of the M-21 (A-12) actually work.?
Interesting vid on YouTube =
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Thanks for the review, Terry.
Being an old A Quartermain (even the R Chamberlain version. LOL)/ I Jones/ etc fan I ~ sorta ~ liked the old Tomb Raider flick. Not being a game player I just figured I must have been missing something that others found so darn GREAT about the flick. But I did enjoyed the highlights you pointed out. = Wasn't too sure about a reboot version, but it seems that's about all we get these days. More Reboots. So it goes, I reckon. I wasn't really planning on watching this one, but now I might add it to my list. What the heck, it's gotta be better than more rebooted Spandex and Mega-Moused Star Wars! LOL?

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THANKS, Terry!?
I agree. I like AB Chandler and his J Grimes stories (from WAY back! LOL) Stumbled over this one and thought it sounded interesting. THANKS, again!

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Greetings All,
Anyone here given this book a read???
The reviews don't seem all that great, but I like A Bertram Chandler, John Grimes' adventures and Ned Kelly (Australia's Jesse James in both as a famous outlaw and one who seems to have seen many Alternate History / Fictional rewrites.) Plus this book seems to be based around Time Travel and a Steampunk type setting, and I know there has got to be few fans of that hanging around here. LOL
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Greetings All,
They seem to have forgotten the Farscape crew. . . . But could you just imagine an old fashion Western movie style Bar Fight breaking out in that crowd??? LOL
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Greetings All,
Not much of a Spandex fan, but thought this TOO DARN AMAZING to not post!
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