And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Many years ago I read a story about the B-52 wings which would flex 20 feet at the tips. 10 up and 10 down. That's some kinda airplane. Steve_in_Ottawa
Many years ago I read a story about the B-52 wings which would flex 20 feet at the tips. 10 up and 10 down. That's some kinda airplane. Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDelete17 feet of upward flex in this Airbus wing test
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Glider that doesn't need a tow plane, nifty little backpack jet!
ReplyDeleteSolar-powered jet, looks like. Nice.
DeleteI've been told that a B-52 flexes enough in a turn that crew in the aft-most position can see the bow-end. And vice-versa.
ReplyDeleteand FU, too...
ReplyDeleteupdated Flexible Flyer
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