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  • F Forogar

    If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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    RickZeeland
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    Airfish: This Sea-Craft Looks Like A Plane, Has A Car's Engine, And Docks Like A Boat - YouTube[^]

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      Ok, a Hairier Jump Jet then, so I can come and go from the driveway much to the chagrin of my neighbors. :-D

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      Ron Anders wrote:

      Hairier Jump Jet

      Is that a Dog or a Cat? Despite having spent many years based at the home of the Harrier (there are two or three places claiming that accolade), I would like a Hotol (British Aerospace HOTOL - Wikipedia[^]); failing that I'd like a Concorde.

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        Airfish: This Sea-Craft Looks Like A Plane, Has A Car's Engine, And Docks Like A Boat - YouTube[^]

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        Forogar
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        It can't make it across the Atlantic - especially not in rough seas.

        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        • F Forogar

          If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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          realJSOP
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          I'd probably choose the A-10 Warthawg.

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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          When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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          • F Forogar

            It can't make it across the Atlantic - especially not in rough seas.

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            RickZeeland
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            Bummer :-\

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            • R realJSOP

              I'd probably choose the A-10 Warthawg.

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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              When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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              Forogar
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              Of course you would! ;P

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              • G glennPattonWork3

                BAC English Electric Lightning! If I could afford a jet go big or go home!

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                Forogar
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                When I worked at British Aerospace I saw (and heard) one of those taking off on full reheat. Toddled down the runway, lifted off slightly, rotated to 90 degree straight up and whoosh! Gone up through the clouds in seconds! Power to weight ratio of greater than 1 - which means it could accelerate while going perpendicular!

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                  I'd probably choose the A-10 Warthawg.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                  Slacker007
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                  #realJSOP wrote:

                  A-10 Warthawg.

                  awesome performance, terrible gas mileage. kind of like your sportscar. :-D

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                  • F Forogar

                    When I worked at British Aerospace I saw (and heard) one of those taking off on full reheat. Toddled down the runway, lifted off slightly, rotated to 90 degree straight up and whoosh! Gone up through the clouds in seconds! Power to weight ratio of greater than 1 - which means it could accelerate while going perpendicular!

                    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                    glennPattonWork3
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                    Mad, insane aeroplane, the wing flaps were part of the fuel tanks and they leaked like a sieve. How cool, I wanted to fly one, sadly got too tall and eyesight went then I wanted to go to Thunder City is South Africa, but thats not an option now! (you crash one jet!):cool:

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                      #realJSOP wrote:

                      A-10 Warthawg.

                      awesome performance, terrible gas mileage. kind of like your sportscar. :-D

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                      I'm pretty sure none of the local tree-hugging hippies are gonna give me grief over the gas mileage at the gas station when I have a 30mm gatlin gun stickin outa the nose of my private jet, when it can cut their prius clean in half with a short half-second burst. :)

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                        Joan

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                        Joan M
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                        What can I do for you? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                        • F Forogar

                          If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                          jeron1
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                          Probably the SR-71 Blackbird[^]. You know, for all those times I have to go from LA to New York in about an hour. ;)

                          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                            What can I do for you? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                            Mike Hankey
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                            :)

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                            • R realJSOP

                              I'm pretty sure none of the local tree-hugging hippies are gonna give me grief over the gas mileage at the gas station when I have a 30mm gatlin gun stickin outa the nose of my private jet, when it can cut their prius clean in half with a short half-second burst. :)

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                              jeron1
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                              #realJSOP wrote:

                              30mm gatlin gun

                              That is a freakin' beast of a weapon.

                              "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                              • R realJSOP

                                I'm pretty sure none of the local tree-hugging hippies are gonna give me grief over the gas mileage at the gas station when I have a 30mm gatlin gun stickin outa the nose of my private jet, when it can cut their prius clean in half with a short half-second burst. :)

                                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                #realJSOP wrote:

                                the local tree-hugging hippies

                                I thought they'd been hunted to extinction in your neck of the woods!

                                Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                                <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
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                                • F Forogar

                                  If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

                                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                  Greg Utas
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                                  Are you asking for Jared Dillian[^]? He wrote about the idea of private jets for cats and apparently discussed it on his Jan 7th broadcast. :laugh:

                                  Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                  The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                                  <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                                  <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                                  • F Forogar

                                    If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

                                    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                    DRHuff
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                                    Whatever type Bill Gates has. That way I can lecture others about reducing their carbon footprint.

                                    If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.

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                                    • F Forogar

                                      If you could have any kind of private jet, which type/brand would you choose? [Asking for a friend.]

                                      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                      pkfox
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                                      Anything with Lear in the name - and I hate flying :laugh:

                                      "I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                        When I worked at British Aerospace I saw (and heard) one of those taking off on full reheat. Toddled down the runway, lifted off slightly, rotated to 90 degree straight up and whoosh! Gone up through the clouds in seconds! Power to weight ratio of greater than 1 - which means it could accelerate while going perpendicular!

                                        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                        When I trained at Vickers Armstrong (what became British Aerospace ) in Weybridge Surrey UK in 1968 ( I was fifteen ) , there was a TSR2 on the runway, I sat beside it several times and ate my sandwiches. It never flew again as far as I know.

                                        "I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                          Probably the SR-71 Blackbird[^]. You know, for all those times I have to go from LA to New York in about an hour. ;)

                                          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                                          Gary R Wheeler
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                                          Not a bad choice. I remember reading a science fiction novel where an SR-71 pilot somehow managed to travel back in time to World War II. They refueled him with kerosene, IIRC. Of course the tricky thing about the SR-71 is that they only partially fueled it to start. The pilot would then fly back and forth to raise the skin temperature enough to tighten all the joins, and then they'd do final fueling from a tanker in the air.

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