Planes That Never Got Off the Drawing Board or Out of the Comic Book
My personal favorite, a coal fired ramjet aircraft. Though for aesthetic beauty I personally like the Messerschmitt Me 264.
Via Dean’s World.
Posted by
on 02/17 at 08:14 AM
It may be a myth but I recall hearing that one of the selling points of the Diesel engine was that you can in theory run one on coal dust, with the right injector system.
Posted by on 02/17 at 08:44 PM
Next entry: Less Government Please
Previous entry: Expensive Water
About
The author is an ex-submariner, questioner of authority, cigar smoking fly-fishing fanatic who wants to live to be 103
| November 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | ||||||
Links
- Two Four
- Presence Of Mind
- Claire Wolfe
- Karen De Coster
- Colby Cosh
- No Treason
- Catallarchy
- Prestopundit
- Uncommon Sense
- Selling Waves
- Rod's Alter Ego
- The Owner's Manual
- Somewhere Over The Rainbough
- Who Moved My Truth
- BitsBlog
- Minority Of One
- Rule Of Reason
- The Agitator
- Marginal Revolution
- Anal Philosopher
- The Modulator
- Unruled
- Questions And Observations
- Dean's World
- Triticale
- Cap'n Arbyte
- Little Tiny Lies
- Gene Expression
- Positive Liberty
- Nolo Consentire
- Obscure Store
- Fred Lapides
- Survival Arts
- A Small Victory
- Creative Footdragger
- Billigerent Bunny
- Mudita
- Wendy McElroy
- Technoptimist
- Instapundit
- James Lileks
- Israpundit
- The Corner
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Andrew Sullivan
- Srgt. Stryker
- Saturn In Retrograde
- Light Of Reason
- Diana Mertz Hsieh
- Tal G. In Jerusalem
- Little Green Footballs
- Vodkapundit
- The Raving Athiest
- The Best Of The Web
- Meryl Yourish
- LoboWalk
- Kausfiles
- Ken Layne
- Samizdata
- Virginia Postrel
- Natalie Solent
- Tim Blair
- USS Clueless
- Blogcritics
- Armed And Dangerous
- Volokh Conspiracy
- No Watermelons Allowed
- One Hand Clapping
- Achewood
- Jane Galt
- Right Wing News
- Cut On The Bias
- Attack Cartoons
Current Reading
Human Action, A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
Categories
Monthly Archives
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- March 2006
- April 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- March 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- Complete Archives
- Category Archives
Most recent entries
- Do I Hear 3 Days Old, Do I Hear 6 Months Old, Do I Hear 1 Year Old, Etc., Etc., Etc.
- Oops, Should've Carried the 1 and Subtracted 2
- Singing a Different Tune, Now
- Stolen Funds Do Not A Bank Make
- Something Good Outta Detroit, Southfield, actually
- A Black Woman Speaks About Obama
- The United States Government is Lying to the American People About the $700 Billion Bailout II
- We're Not in Kansas Anymore
- P. J. O'Rourke on Recent Events
- Make Nicey Nice, Now, or You Won't Be Granted Any Favors
- Ministry of Propaganda Word of the Day
- Feed the Beast
- "Post-journalism"
- Financial Bailout - "Rough total: $2,063,800,000,000"
- Recession/Depression Lessons