Re: [NTLK] up in the sky

From: Karel Jansens (kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 08:57:37 EDT


On Friday 21 June 2002 02:30, Mark Bock wrote:
> >Didn't match any 'officially' known aircraft...or is it a RAMjet?
>
> Well, seeing as there are no manned ramjet-powered aircraft in
> existence yet (at least none that have been acknowledged to exist)
> it's hard to say

The "yet" is a bit too much. The Nazis had manned test versions of the V1,
which was propelled by a pulse-jet aka ramjet. Rumour has it they were a
little bit easier to fly than a brick...

-- 
Jazz.

"Ceteris censeo Fenestras delendas." (Cato - de Terrore Portarum)

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